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First aidPrice's Invasion of 1864: Byram's Ford LbNA #27690

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 1, 2006
Location:
City:Kansas City
County:Jackson
State:Missouri
Boxes:1
Planted by:WyldBlueberries
Found by: I dig toasters
Last found:Feb 21, 2016
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Oct 1, 2006
(7/2008: Sorry we're no longer to check or maintain our boxes. Check the latest status on LBNA prior to hunting it.)

Price’s Invasion of 1864
In 1864, the former governor of Missouri and Confed. Major General Sterling Price led a force of 12,000 men on an invasion of Missouri. He planned to capture St. Louis and Jefferson City and put in place a Confederate governor.

His grand invasion covered three months and more that 1500 miles. But instead of glory, Price’s men found disaster and despair. The campaign etched into Civil War history the names of Pilot Knob, Westport, Mine Creek, as well as the commanders such as Shelby, Marmaduke, Ewing, Blunt, and Pleasanton. When the invasion limped to its bloody end, the Civil War was finished in Missouri.

This series of boxes traces the route of Price’s lost cause across Missouri (mostly) and Kansas (briefly).

Byram’s Ford – October 22-23, 1864

This ford (river crossing) hosted key battles on the 22nd and the 23rd as first the confederates, then the union crossed the Big Blue River on the way to Westport.

On the 22nd, Shelby’s attacking confederate forces flanked Blunt’s defending Union forces, and then crossed the river on their way toward Westport. On the 23rd, the confederates turned to the defensive as Marmaduke’s men tried to prevent the pursuing Pleasanton from reaching Westport and trapping the main confederate body in a vise. But Pleasanton drove the confederates from the river and converged on Wesport, forcing Price to retreat.


Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Compass required: no
Walk required: short

Directions to Byram’s Ford battle site:

(If you want to tour the entire Battle of the Big Blue battlefield, you can stop in at the Parks and Recreation dept next door at 4600 63rd Tfwy and grab a map during business hours.)

Exit I-435 N at 63rd. Go West about a mile to Manchester Tfwy. Turn right (North) on Manchester Tfwy and follow the new, excellent signs leading to Byram’s Ford.

Directions to box:

Park at the battleground site and walk down toward the river. As you leave the clearing you’ll have to choose the right or left. In the middle is a large cluster of trees. The box is a few paces to the West of the large tree on the ground under a rock.