'Best and Bravest'

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sunday Oct. 25, is the 151st anniversary of five battles that occurred in eastern Kansas and western Missouri during the Civil War. These battles were the Battles of Trading Post, Mine Creek, Little Osage, Charlot's Farm / Shiloh Creek and Newtonia. There are many Union accounts of these battles, but few Confederate descriptions exist. The following is part of after action report was written by Confederate Major General Jo Shelby and describes his command's participation in the Battles of the Little Osage River, Charlot's Farm and Newtonia. General Shelby was one of the finest Cavalry Commanders in the Civil War and this report is included in the 'Official Records of the War of the Rebellion."Series I, Vol. 41, Part I Reports on Pages 659 -661."

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