Bates County, Missouri
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Bates County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri, two counties south of the Missouri River and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 censu
Bates County Courthouse in Butler
Skirmish at Island Mound
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The Skirmish at Island Mound was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on October 29, 1862, in Bates County, Missouri. The Union victory is notable as the first known event in which an Afric
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…forces, which occurred on October 28–29, 1862. The First Kansas Colored Division (part of the state militia) fought Confederate guerrillas at the Battle of Island Mound four miles north of present-day Rich Hill, Missouri, and the Union forces won. The Kansas soldiers were badly outnumbered but stood their ground…
A woodcut depicting the battle published in Harper's Weekly in 1863