Elizabeth W. Kane, wife of Colonel Thomas L. Kane, was a woman not unacquainted with hardship. Dealings with the Mormons and political negotiations between Governor Brigham Young and President James Buchanan in the face of tense conflict with the federal army (1857-58) brought Col. Kane both favor from the Latter-day Saints and scorn from his political constituents. Later service in the Civil War would prove nearly as physically and emotiona...
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