Battle Line at Railroad Cut - Independence, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 39° 05.235 W 094° 25.944
15S E 376115 N 4327435
Historical marker for actions in Independence during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMBKP7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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Battle Line
At Railroad Cut

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 night.  The Confederate divisions of Marmaduke and Shelby and Price;s wagon train advanced to Rock Creek and camped.  On the 22nd Pleasonton's Union cavalry pursued the Confederates through town and were confronted by Marmaduke's division.  Fighting continued during the night as the Confederates withdrew to Byram's Ford on the Big Blue River.

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