Glasgow, Missouri
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Glasgow is a city on the Missouri River mostly in northwest Howard County and extending into the southeast corner of Chariton County in Missouri, United States. The population was 1,087 at the 2020 ce
1st Street in Glasgow
Post office in Glasgow
Looking south on the Missouri River at Glasgow
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
Glasgow, Missouri
…resulted in a Confederate victory and the capture of significant war material, it had little long-term benefit as Price was ultimately defeated at Westport a week later, bringing his campaign in Missouri to an end. There is a historical record of extrajudicial violence. On January 20, 1891, an African…
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
Byram's Ford, site of the 1864 battle
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.