A battle map of the area around Kansas City, October 1864
From: "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans", by William E. Connelley
Detail of Jackson Co. Missouri, from the diary of S.J.Reader
Courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society
Detail of the Mockbee farm battlefield
From the diary of S.J.Reader
Overview of the Kansas/Missouri border in the battlefield area
and the southern retreat of the Confederate forces
From the diary of S.J.Reader
The Battle of Westport, 23 October,1864
Thank you - very informative! Posted info to my ancestor's Ancestry.com site. He and his son were taken captive. Elias Baker Williams and Levi.
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