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The Second Battle of Independence was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 22, 1864 in Jackson County, Missouri. Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army rode west in the direction of Kansas City. On the night of the 21st, he camped at Independence and resumed his westward march the next morning with Brig. Gen. Jo Shelby’s division in the lead followed by Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke’s division, with Brig. Gen. James Fagan’s division bringing up the rear. While Shelby’s men met success at Byram's Ford, the other two columns didn't fare as well. Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton’s Union force crossed the Little Blue, disposed of a Confederate brigade in Fagan’s command, and occupied Independence. Marmaduke’s division then met Pleasonton about two miles west of Independence, hit the Federals hard, pressed them back, and held them at bay until the morning of the 23rd. Pleasonton’s actions, however, frightened Price and his army, and influenced them, after they'd crossed the Big Blue, to send their wagon trains to Little Santa Fe on the Fort Scott Road.

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