We may fairly ask, "in what battle was Mormon slain"? We know that he was wounded in the final battle, but survived to record what happened (Mormon 6:10). Furthermore, Moroni tells us that he was killed by the Lamanites (v. 3) and that he was slain in battle, but we know that he did not die at the time of the last great battle. How then did he die? Moroni doesn't tell us, but the following possibilities are given: he may have died from a late complication of the wound he received at Cumorah, or he may have been slain in a later personal battle with his Lamanite murderers, for they put to death every Nephite that will not deny the Christ (Moroni 1:2). Either way, he had time to record Mormon 6-7 prior to his death.