Byram's Ford Battlefield- Kansas City, Mo.
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N 39° 00.915 W 094° 31.648
15S E 367759 N 4319578
This is stop 16 on the Battle of Westport Tour. It is located north of the intersection of Manchester Trafficway and East 63rd Street.
Waymark Code: WM8DDZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2010
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Text of the marker:
At 8 A. M. on October 23, 1864, Federal cavalry under General Alfred E. Pleasonton forced a crossing of the Blue River at Byram’s Ford and attacked the stone ridge, which was defended by Confederate troops under John S. Marmaduke. After 3 hours heavy fighting and severe casualties, the hill was taken. This defeat of Marmaduke’s division enabled Pleasonton to outflank General Sterling Price’s Confederate Army, and contributed to General Samuel S. Curtis’s Union victory at the Battle of Westport.
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Immediately to the north of this marker is the 15-20 foot rocky ledge on which the Confederate defenders were waiting for the attack from Major General Alfred Pleasonton's Cavalry Division. On the wooded ridge just west of where you are standing was the main defensive line for the Marmaduke's Confederate Division.
The Federal First Cavalry Brigade commanded by Colonel John F. Philips was deployed to the left of Byram's Ford Road along the Big Blue River to your left. The Fourth Cavalry Brigade commanded by Colonel Edward F. Winslow was dismounted in the open field to your right in front of the rocky ledge.