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Battle of Westport

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Three day campaign fought from October 21 - 23, 1864

Three day campaign fought from October 21 - 23, 1864Three day campaign fought from October 21 - 23, 1864Three day campaign fought from October 21 - 23, 1864

Civil War Wednesdays Program Schedule

Welcome to the 2024 schedule for  our Civil War Wednesdays programs presented by local Civil War experts. All programs begin at 1:00 p.m. and are held at the Westport Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 118 Westport Road, Kansas City, Missouri. There is no cost to attend these programs.

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Mike Calvert, president of the Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri, will be giving a program about the Second Battle of Independence, which occurred on October 22, 1864, during Sterling Price’s Westport Campaign.    


Lane Smith, past president of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, will be giving a program about Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s capture, imprisonment and pending trial for treason.  


The library is closed for the Juneteenth holiday.     


Dan Smith, chairman of the Monnett Battle of Westport Fund, will be giving a program describing life in Jackson County during the American Civil War.     


Dennis Garstang, past president of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, will be giving a program entitled “The Life and Times of General John Charles Frémont.” Frémont was in command of the US Department of the West during the summer and fall of 1861.


Alisha Cole, Westport Historical Society, will be giving a program about the role of the Harris-Kearney House and the Wornall House during the American Civil War. Find out what their owners and occupants were doing at the time of the war. 


Dick Titterington, treasurer of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, will be giving a program entitled “Grant in Missouri: The Battle of Belmont.” Ulysses S. Grant began his Civil War career as the colonel of volunteers in the 21st Illinois Infantry and was quickly deployed in Missouri in 1861. His last command in Missouri was the Battle of Belmont.      


 Dick Titterington, treasurer of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, will be giving a program entitled “The 1861 New Mexico Campaign: Valverde and Glorieta Pass” Confederates invaded the New Mexico Territory in 1861 and fought two battles against the Union defenders. 


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