Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment served in the Confederate States Army during the late stages of the American Civil War. The cavalry regiment began recruiting in early 1864 under Colonel Sidney D.
Sterling Price
Confederate cavalry during Price's Raid drawn by Samuel J. Reader in 1865
The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price's Raid during the American Civil War. In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price of the
Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment
…Union cavalry commanded by Major General Alfred Pleasonton who had been following Price from the east, attacked and defeated his rear guard in the Second Battle of Independence. By the morning of October 23, Price's army was caught between Pleasonton's troopers, who had advanced to between Independence and the Big Blue River…
A 2010 view of the Temple Lot
Fagan's battle line, on grounds of the modern Independence Temple