✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Westport

October 23, 1864 · Westport

Result Union victory

Union forces defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army near Kansas City, Missouri. The defeat ended Price's raid into Missouri.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Sterling Price military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
22,000
Casualties
c. 1,5001,500
Casualties
1,500

Units

Army of Missouri Shelby's Iron Brigade