Robert Clift, JR. (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Clift, Jr. (January 4, 1824 - October 1859) was an American soldier and early settler in California. Clift was born in Dymock, England to Robert Sr. and Elizabeth Clift, who would later convert to Mormonism and emigrate to the United States. He was 3rd Lt. in Company C of the Mormon Battalion. The Battalion marched from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego during the Mexican-American War. The Battalion arrived in San Diego in January 1847 but were too late for the war. They performed community improvement projects that endeared them to the local population, who were initially wary of the Battalion.