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Captain Moroni

Not to be confused with Moroni (son of Mormon).
Captain Moroni
The centered figure is Captain Moroni, a figure in the Book of Mormon. He has both arms aloft. In his right arm he holds a sword. In his left arm he holds the flagpole of a flag made of torn cloth approximating the shape of a pennant. He seems to wear a helmet (either that or have a topknot), breastplate, and an armored skirt. Behind Captain Moroni, slightly to the left, is a darkened and open square-cornered arch: an entrance into a large building behind him. In the bottom right corner of the image, another figure sits, apparently in the middle of reading something. In the bottom left corner of the image is a person, half their body visible, with the left arm held aloft.
Cropped from George M. Ottinger's 1888 Moroni Raises the "Title of Liberty"
Personal
ChildrenMoronihah
EraReign of the judges (in the Book of Mormon)
Military service
RankChief Captain
CommandsNephite military
Battles/wars
  • Zoramite War
  • Amalickiahite Wars
Senior posting
SuccessorMoronihah
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According to the Book of Mormon, Captain Moroni was an important Nephite military commander who lived during the first century BC. He is first mentioned in the Book of Alma as "the chief captain over the Nephites."[1]

Captain Moroni is presented as a righteous and skilled military commander. Among his accomplishments were his extensive preparations for battle and his fierce defense of the right of the Nephites to govern themselves and worship as they saw fit.

Captain Moroni shares a name with the prophet Moroni; the former is indexed[2] in the Book of Mormon as Moroni1.

  1. ^ Alma 43:16
  2. ^ Index

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