Table of Data Points

Tag : Missouri

1864-10-28Newtonia

Confederate Brig Gen Shelby had accomplished his mission in holding up the Union pursuers. By morning, Price had retreated across the desolate prairie towards the Indian Territory.

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1864-10-25Charlot's Farm

Following the Battle of Mine Creek, Confederate Gen Sterling Price continued his cartage towards Fort Scott

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1864-10-23Westport

Union forces under Major General Samuel Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General Sterling Price

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1864-10-22Independence

The battle formed a part of Confederate Gen Sterling Price's 1864 Missouri Campaign, which culminated in his defeat at the Battle of Westport one day later

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1864-10-221864-10-23Big Blue River

This brought to a close the last major Confederate military operation west of the Mississippi River, and ended the last major Southern threat to any Northern state.

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1864-10-21Westport

Union forces under Major General Samuel Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General Sterling Price

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1864-10-15Glasgow

Although the battle 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

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1864-09-27Fort Davidson

Although outnumbered by more than ten-to-one, the Union defenders managed to repulse repeated Confederate assaults on their works, and were able to slip away during the night by exploiting a gap in the Southern siege lines.

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1863-04-26Cape Girardeau

The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John Marmaduke

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1863-01-091863-01-11Hartville

Despite causing great disruption toFederal forces, the other major objective of this raid, the depot at Springfield, remained in Union hands. The escape of the raiding party did foreshadow the vulnerability of Federal Missouri to fast-moving expeditions.

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