Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Second Battle of Independence/archive1
TFA blurb draft[edit]
The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price's Missouri Expedition (map pictured) during the American Civil War. In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price led a Confederate cavalry force into Missouri. Price was opposed by Union Army and militia forces to his west led by Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis; Union cavalry under Major General Alfred Pleasonton caught up to the Confederates from the east as Price moved westwards along the Missouri River. On October 21, the Confederates occupied Independence after a battle. The next day, while part of Price's command broke through Curtis's line at the Big Blue River, Pleasonton attacked the Confederates at Independence, pushing them back through town, and after fresh troops arrived, towards the Big Blue River. By the end of the day, almost all of Price's men were west of the river. On October 23, the Confederates were defeated in the Battle of Westport, and Price's campaign ended in failure. (Full article...)
Gog the Mild - 1,016 characters by my count. Probably needs a copy-edit though. I'm not sure what the best image to use would be, as File:Independence II Battlefield Missouri.jpg isn't going to be all that informative, File:Confederate Line, Battle of Independence.jpg isn't much better, and File:Price's Raid.png is more about the campaign than the battle. Hog Farm Talk 19:40, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
