Battle of Byram's Ford
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The Battle of Byram's Ford, also known as the Battle of Big Blue River and the Battle of the Blue, was fought on October 22 and 23, 1864, in Jackson County, Missouri during Price's Missouri Expedition
Battle of the Blue by Benjamin D. Mileham
An 1865 depiction of Confederate cavalry escorting Union prisoners during Price's Raid, by Samuel J. Reader
Byram's Ford Battlefield
Plaques commemorating the battle
Battle of Westport
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The Battle of Westport was a battle of the American Civil War fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri. Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis decisively defeated an outn
Battle of Byram's Ford
…to a height known as Potato Hill. Pleasonton broke through Marmaduke's position, and the rest of the Confederate army was defeated at the concurrent Battle of Westport. While Price's wagon train escaped from Union Brigadier General John McNeil and his brigade, the Confederate army withdrew southwards in disorder. After…
Cannon at Loose Park. Price was said to have watched the battle from a grove of trees here. The "General Tree", long since gone, was a landmark for many years
John Wornall House, which was used by both sides as a hospital
Memorial to Confederate dead on the high ground at Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City. Joseph O. Shelby was buried by the memorial; Waldo P. Johnson is buried behind it.