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| | Civil War Battlefield Guide - -Big Blue River (Byram's Ford), Missouri (MO026) , Jackson County, October 22-23, 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Price feinted against Curtis at the main ford on the road between Independence and Kansas City while he sent CS General Shelby south to find another crossing. |
 | | On October 22 Shelby's troopers stormed across Byram's Ford, southwest of Independence, flanked the Federals, and forced them to fall back to Westport, to a battle line along the north side of Brush Creek. |
 | | The walking tour, in the area of the Byram's Ford Industrial Park, was established by the Monnett Battle of Westport Fund of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City. |
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