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The Battle of Westport: Missouri's Great Confederate Raid
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The Battle of Westport, Missouri (today, part of Kansas City) was the largest Civil War battle west of the Mississippi. Troops from as far away as New Jersey and Pennsylvania (as well as Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and Iowa) took part in the hostilities. The battle was the climax of a desperate Confederate raid led by General Sterling Price proceeding from Arkansas across the State of Missouri to the Kansas border. The Union victory at Westport marked the end of major military operations in Missouri and secured Kansas and the trails, rails, and communication lines to the western states. Participants included future governors of both Kansas and Missouri, notorious post-war outlaws and many notable characters that would shape the growth and image of the western states. This project will tell the story of the place, the engagement, the people, and the importance of the Missouri/Kansas border war's greatest battle. The aftermath and legacy of the Battle of Westport will be presented in the broader context of westward expansion and give the reader a greater appreciation of how far-reaching the effects were of those few days in October, 1864.
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Paul Kirkman is the author of The Battle of Westport: Missouri's Great Confederate Raid (The History Press, 2011), Forgotten Tales of Kansas City (The History Press, 2012) and coauthor of Lockdown: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Frontier Justice in Jackson County, Missouri (with David Jackson, Jackson County Historical Society, 2012). Paul has a BA in history from Columbia College and is a speaker with "Show Me Missouri: Conversations about Missouri's Past, Present and Future," a speakers' bureau program jointly organized and managed by the Missouri Humanities Council and the State Historical Society of Missouri. He lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife, Shawn, and his daughter Shannon.
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