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On Oct. 23, 1864, near noon, Col. McGhee's mounted Arkansans charged north on Wornall Lane to capture McLain's Colorado Battery. Capt. Johnson of the 15th Kas. Cavalry attacked and saved the guns. McGhee was killed in a hand-to-hand fight with the captain, who was wounded. Troops of the 2nd Colo. Cavalry then came up, captured the Confederates, and drove back the rest, who left 25 dead and wounded on the field. Union artillery fire destroyed the Simpson Home, which stood on the S.E. corner of 53rd Terr. and Wornall.
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