Westport, MO
Date(s):
October 23, 1864
Location:
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Westport (neighborhood), Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Campaign:
Price’s Missouri Expedition
[1864]
Battles in
Campaign:
Situation:
Commanders:
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Union:
Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis
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Confederate:
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price
Principal Forces:
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Union:
Army of the Border
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Confederate:
Army of Missouri
Description:
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Maj. Gen. Sterling
Price’s Missouri Expedition had changed course from St. Louis and
Jefferson City to Kansas City and Fort Leavenworth.
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As his army neared Kansas City,
Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’s Army of the Border
blocked its way west, while Maj. Gen. Alfred
Pleasonton’s provisional cavalry division was closing on their rear.
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Price
decided that he needed to deal with the two Union forces and decided to attack
them one at a time.
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With Pleasonton
still behind him, Price chose to
strike Curtis at Westport first.
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Curtis had
established strong defensive lines and during a four-hour battle, the
Confederates hurled themselves at the Union forces but to no avail.
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The Rebels could not break the Union lines and
retreated south. Westport was the decisive battle of
Price’s Missouri
Expedition, and from this point on, the Confederates were in retreat.
Slide Presentation:
None
[Battlefield Lost Integrity]
Classification2:
A
Casualties3:
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Union:
1,500
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Confederate:
1,500
Results:
Union
Victory
Battlefield Website:
Recommended
Resources:
1 National Park
Service summary.
2
Classification:
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A
- having a decisive influence on a
campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war
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B -
having a direct and decisive influence on their campaign
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C -
having observable influence on the
outcome of a campaign
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D
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having a limited influence on the
outcome of their campaign or operation but achieving or affecting important
local objectives
3 Casualties are
someone killed, injured, wounded, captured or missing.
Revised
09/24/2009 |
