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    The Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West", was fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri, during...
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  • The order of battle for the Battle of Westport includes: Battle of Westport order of battle: Confederate Battle of Westport order of battle: Union This...
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  • Westport is the name of several communities around the world. Westport, Nova Scotia Westport, Ontario Westport Rideaus, local junior "B" ice hockey team...
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  • commanders fought in the Battle of Westport of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. By order of MG Blunt (General Field...
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  • Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Westport of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. MG = Major General...
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    It is one of Kansas City's main entertainment districts. Westport has a lending library, a branch of the Kansas City Public Library. Westport was first...
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    is 48 miles (77 km) northeast of New York City. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. Westport's public school system is ranked...
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    Price's Missouri Expedition (category Campaigns of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War)
    at the Battle of Westport by Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis in late October. He suffered further reverses at the hands of Union cavalry...
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    James Montgomery (soldier) (category People of Ohio in the American Civil War)
    General Sterling Price's raid, and played a significant role at the Battle of Westport. After the war, Montgomery returned to his Linn County, Kansas, farm...
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    Loose Park (category Geography of Kansas City, Missouri)
    cities of Kurashiki, Japan and Kansas City, Missouri. The original pasture belonged to Kansas City pioneer Seth Ward. During the Battle of Westport in American...
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  • The Battle of Yultong (Korean: 율동 전투; RR: Yultong Jeontu; Filipino: Labanan sa Yultong), also known as the Battle of Puluodong (Chinese: 普罗洞战斗; pinyin:...
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    Sterling Price (category Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri)
    governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857. He is remembered today for his service in Arkansas (1862–1865) and for his defeat at the Battle of Westport on October...
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    Missouri in the American Civil War (category History of Missouri)
    Missouri, while the largest battle west of the Mississippi River was the Battle of Westport in Kansas City in 1864. Missouri was initially settled predominantly...
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  • for the Confederacy, ended when Price's troops were defeated in the Battle of Westport that October. On June 2, 1865, after all other major Confederate armies...
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  • Newton Earp (category People of the American Old West)
    Kentucky in 1837. He was the eldest child of Nicholas Porter Earp and Abigail Storm. He was the half-brother of Old West lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan...
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    Swope Park (category Geography of Kansas City, Missouri)
    Open seasonally, the Battle of Westport Museum & Visitor Center details the largest American Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River,...
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  • Bazel F. Lazear (category People of Missouri in the American Civil War)
    including Shelby's Raid, the Second Battle of Independence, the Battle of Mine Creek, the Battle of Westport, and the Battle of Byram's Ford. Lazear, born in...
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    back across the Big Blue. The next day, Price was defeated in the Battle of Westport, and his men fell back through Kansas, suffering further defeats on...
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  • army at Westport. At the Battle of Westport, Curtis's two divisions were joined by Alfred Pleasonton's cavalry division from the Department of the Missouri...
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    theaters of fighting further east. After several victories early in the campaign, Price's Confederate troops were defeated at the Battle of Westport on October...
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  • Battle of Westport on October 23. Price's men then withdrew to Texas, having been defeated several more times during the retreat and pursued much of the...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    Samuel Ryan Curtis (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa)
    American Civil War, especially for his victories at the Battles of Pea Ridge in 1862 and Westport in 1864. Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated...
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    After a defeat at the Battle of Westport on October 23, Price began to retreat south, and suffered a serious defeat at the Battle of Mine Creek early on...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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  • defeated at the Battle of Westport, and the Confederates were pursued, suffering several more defeats in the process. By December, only 3,500 men of Price's initially...
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    main objectives of the campaign; instead he moved his force west towards Kansas City, where it was badly defeated at the Battle of Westport by Major General...
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    volunteers. Battle of Little Blue River site, Big Blue Battlefield Park, 63rd and Manchester Tfwy, American Civil War site. Battle of Westport sites, one of the...
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  • on "Battle of Westport" by Mark J. Lause. "In the spring of 1864, three Civil War battles took place in south-central Arkansas that were part of the United...
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    steadily eroded by desertions, losses and disease; by the time of the pivotal Battle of Westport, it only numbered 8,500. In addition to dealing with Unionist...
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