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Photographer: Tony Meyers
Taken: August 4, 2011
Caption: Civil War Memorial Marker as viewed from the path near the Grand River Chapel.
Additional Description: The battle commemorated by this marker, was fought September 17, 1861 approximately 3 miles south Of Liberty, Missouri. That action is also referred to as the Battle of Liberty. The battle, which resulted in a Confederate victory, allowed approximately 4,000 additional Missouri State Guard troops to cross the Missouri river at Blue Mills Landing and join General Sterling Price's army at the battle of Lexington, Missouri.
Submitted: August 4, 2011, by Tony Meyers of Liberty, Missouri.
Database Locator Identification Number: p165840
File Size: 0.436 Megabytes

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