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Title
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Battle of Westport
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Description
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Several front page articles including "Battle of Westport" reviewing the monumental Civil War battle resulting in local defeat of Confederate forces under General Price, as well as the Battles of Little Blue and Big Blue leading up to it.
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Date
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1864-10-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Battle of Westport Letter of Charles Norhood Mumford
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Description
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Copies of a handwritten letter dated October 29, 1864, and written by Charles Norhood Mumford, or Charles Mumford, a Union officer in the Civil War stationed at Fort Scott, Kansas. It contains information about the Battle of Westport, written the day following its occurrence. Folder also contains a newspaper clipping concerning this letter published in the Kansas City Star, November 11, 1971.
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Date
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1864-10-29
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Object Type
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Manuscript
