The battles stretched from Oct. 21-23, 1864, at the end of Confederate ... Daniel Smith of the Monnett Battle of Westport Fund said that the point of "Price's Raid" was to turn public opinion.

John Adams Jr. dug up dozens of items that Union and Confederate soldiers had deposited during the October 1864 Battle of Westport. He found belt buckles, revolvers, bayonets, unexploded artillery ...

It took Union troops about six hours to control Bloody Hill during the October 1864 Battle of Westport. It’s taken Dan Smith and other officers of the Monnett Battle of Westport Fund about six ...

Additionally, the Bent-Ward House was used in the Civil War’s Battle of Westport where Union troops chased away Confederate troops stationed in the house on October 23, 1864. The home was also ...

ROB: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF WESTPORT IN 1864, THE LARGEST CIVIL WAR BATTLE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. I WANT TO BRING IN THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORNALL HOUSE. >> IF YOU YOU WOULD LIKE TO ...

but some Westport buildings were damaged or destroyed during the Battle of Westport, fought Oct. 21-23, 1864. Most of the ...

better known as the “Battle of the West” or “Battle of Westport.” On the battlefield, and the four battles that led up to it, 44,000 men died the month of October 1864." We were middle of the country.

The name Wornall means a lot in Kansas City. It’s a road, a historic place and a large connection to the Battle of Westport in 1864. An archeology project, begun last year and now completed ...