Approximately 15,000 mounted troops of Confederate General Sterling Price's Army of Missouri, including guerilla leader George Todd, engaged 3,500 Union soldiers under the command of Major General James G. Blunt on the western bluffs of the Little . . . — — Map (db m252198) HM
Moonlight's Union cavalry brigade, with five guns and 1000 men, was driven from the Little Blue River by Marmaduke's and Shelby's 5000 Confederates of Price's army. Moonlight stopped here and was joined by Jennison's and Ford's brigades of Blunt's . . . — — Map (db m90385) HM
After heavy fighting at the Little Blue River on the 21st, Price's Confederate army forced Blunt's cavalry to retreat to the Big Blue River, leaving a rear guard in town. Shelby's Confederates reached town in the late afternoon. After a brisk fight . . . — — Map (db m144441) HM
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On the 22nd Fagans Division of Prices Army was defending against the advance of Union Gen. Pleasonton from the east. Two of Fagans Brigades were driven from the Little Blue River to the eastern edge of town. The Union attack was . . . — — Map (db m40171) HM
During the Battle of Independence on October 21 and 22, 1864, this was an unfinished railroad cut. As darkness approached on the 21st, the Confederates advancing from the east stopped here. Union troops withdrew to the Big Blue River during the . . . — — Map (db m139882) HM
