February 4, 1841

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith attended a court martial organizing the Nauvoo Legion and was elected lieutenant general.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:295-96
Joseph Smith History C1:1161–1162 
Minutes of a Court Martial, 4 February 1841 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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