"A useful collection of documentary material which, taken as a whole, provides a basis for a more nearly impartial view of those highly partisan events which occurred just a century ago in the conflict between Mormon settlers of Utah Territory and the federal government."—Mississippi Valley Historical Review
"One of the best bargains in all publishing is the series called Bison Books from the University of Nebraska. These are reprints of important volumes that have long been out-of-print. . . . The least-known of all of America's many (too many wars) is. . . the Utah War of 1857-58. Here is a documentary history of that forgotten civil war, thankfully a bloodless one."—Richard H. Dillon, True West
"This Bison Book reprint makes available once again an important collection of reports, proclamations, military orders and instructions, diaries, speeches, editorials and correspondence relevant to the conflict between Utah Mormons and the federal government known as the Utah War."—Utah Historical Quarterly
