Battle Line at Railroad Cut

During the Battle of Independence on October 21 and 22, 1864, this place was an unfinished railroad cut. As darkness approached on October 21, Confederates advancing from the east stopped here while 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 October 22, Pleasonton's Union cavalry pursued the Confederates through town and was confronted by Marmaduke's division, and fighting continued during the night as the Confederates withdrew to Byram's Ford on the Big Blue River.

Independence, Missouri · United States