“And now I am prepared to say by the authority of Jesus Christ, that not many years shall pass away before the United States shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not a parallel in the history of our nation …”

Joseph Smith, Letter to N.E. Seaton – 4 January 1833, History of Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City, UT: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2015 – Vogel Edition), 227.