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October 22, 2019

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen’s Brigade at the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas

After Major General Sterling Price’s ambitious raid through Missouri was stopped with the Union victory at the Battle of Westport Near Kansas City on October 23rd, 1864, the Confederate commander turned his forces south...

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August 23, 2014

Lt. Col. Frederick Benteen’s Report on the Battle of Westport October 1864

In late August 1864, Major General Sterling Price and a 12,000 man Confederate Army left Princeton, Arkansas and headed north to Missouri. Price had an ambitious goal. He would invade Missouri, capture St. Louis,...

Tagged: 3rd Iowa cavalry

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen’s Brigade at the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas

Lt. Col. Frederick Benteen’s Report on the Battle of Westport October 1864

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