[PzLdr]

If I remember correctly, George Todd, Quantrill’s one time lieutenant, and the man who kicked Quantrill out of his own guerilla band, was killed in that battle. Todd and his guerillas had joined Price as scouts/cavalry.

[Non-Sequitur]

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[Non-Sequitur]

The battlefield has long since been overtaken by Kansas City. The original Union defensive line covered part of what is now the Country Club Plaza. Blunt moved his forces forward across the creek and most of the fighting took place in what is now Loose Park and the residential neighborhoods between there and Pembroke Hill, a private school. There are historical markers in the area and anyone who wants to track the course of the battle can do so easily enough, and wind up their tour with barbecue at Jack's Stack on the Plaza.

Two days later Plesanton caught up with what was left of Price's army about 40 miles south of town and decisively beat it at Marais des Cygnes and then later in the day at Mine Creek. The route at Newtonia three days after that basically destroyed what was left of the last organized rebel army in the west.

[badpacifist]

Actually there are battles almost nightly in Westport to this day.

[badpacifist]

I have a confederate major’s sword from the 15th Arkansas infantry and I live 40 miles from Westport or so.