Second Battle of Independence

Historical marker location:

Independence, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Truman Road, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.)

October 1864. Battle of Westport.

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.