“Two Hundred and Seventy-nine of Our Brethren Were Slain”

W. Cleon Skousen

This was no small skirmish. The war only lasted one day but among the Lamanites 3043 were killed while 279 Nephites were slain. But as these figures would suggest, the Lamanites were ultimately driven out of the Nephite territory.

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