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On the morning of October 23, 1864, Federal cavalry under General Alfred Pleasonton forced a crossing of the Big Blue at Byram's Ford and assaulted this hill, which was defended by General Marmaduke's Confederate division. After three hours of heavy fighting, Pleasonton broke the Confederate line, enabling him to outflank the Confederate divisions of Generals Shelby and Fagan, which were fighting Curtis's Union cavalry before Westport.
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