Mormon Battalion Monument - San Diego, CA - Civil Rights Memorials on Waymarking.com

Photos taken on 27 August 2022. The grave is made out of white marble. On the north side, is information about who Lydia Hunter is and how she died. It also says that this grave is in memory of other Mormon Battalion Members. Included at the top is a small medallion of a silhouette relief of a woman.

On the south side, a relief of two Mormon Battalion member outlined in black paint. They are about 1.5 feet wide and 2 feet tall. Here, at the top is a medallion of a bull skull and "Mexican-American War" at the top and "Mormon Battalion" at the bottom.

The grave says, "Lydia Hunter died from complications resulting from the birth of her only child. A son named Diego Hunter, the first American born in California. Diego was born on 20 April 1847. Lydia died 6 days later.

May we honor her and each of those women who served with the Mormon Battalion. We also pay tribute to the many others that sent their sons, husbands, and brothers into the service of their country during the War with Mexico in 1846-1847."

The monument at the base says, "In Memory of the Mormon Battalion whose members made the longest military march in U.S. History of over 2,000 miles from Iowa to San Diego in 1846-1857 during the War with Mexico.

Albert Warren Dunham
Private-Company B
23 May 1828 - 11 May 1847

Lydia Ann Edmunds Hunter
Wife of Captain Jesse Hunter
Company B
22 January 1823 - 26 April 1847

Lydia Hunter and Private Albert Dunham were buried in a cemetery in the La Playa area of Point Loma and were moved to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with other military personnel in 1887".

Civil Right Type: Religion

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