The First Battle of Independence was a minor engagement of the American Civil War, occurring on August 11, 1862, in the city of Independence, located in Jackson County, Missouri. Its result was a Conf
Independence Battlefield
1859 Independence Jail. George Todd murdered one of the jail prisoners, together with a captured Federal officer, during the First Battle of Independence
John Trousdale Coffee was an American politician, elected to the State Senate and then to the House, where he was elected as Speaker of the House. During the American Civil War, he served as a Confede