Battle of Chalk Bluff |
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Trans-Mississippi Theater
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Marmaduke’s Second Expedition into Missouri
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Confederate victory (tactical) Union victory (strategic)
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Combatants |
2nd Division, Army of the Frontier Force under command of Brig. Gen. John McNeil
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Marmaduke's cavalry division
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Casualties |
120 Killed: 23 Wounded: 44 Missing/captured: 53
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210 Killed: 30 Wounded: 60 Missing/captured: 120
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Union Brig. Gen. William Vandever pursued Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke to Chalk Bluff, where the Confederates hoped to cross the St. Francis River. To ford the river, Marmaduke established a rearguard that received heavy punishment on May 1–2. Although most of Marmaduke’s raiders crossed the St. Francis River, they suffered heavy casualties and therefore ended the expedition.[1]
References
- ↑ NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries
Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke's Second Expedition into Missouri, April-May 1863 |
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Battles of the American Civil War: 1863 |
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| Eastern Theater | | | Western Theater | | | Trans-Mississippi Theater | | | Lower Seaboard Theater | | | Naval | |
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