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John Sappington Marmaduke
Brigadier General MARCH 14, 1833 – DECEMBER 28, 1887 John Sappington Marmaduke graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1857 after attending both Harvard and Yale. Marmaduke briefly served with the United States Army during the Utah War before resigning his commission upon the outbreak of the Civil War. He first entered the war when Missouri Governor Claiborne F. Jackson appointed him a colonel in the Missouri Militia. After being routed by Union troops under General Nathaniel Lyon at the battle of Boonville, Marmaduke resigned his commission once again, and instead accepted a commission within the Confederate Army. He was sent to Arkansas where he was appointed a lieutenant colonel of the 1st Arkansas. At the battle of Shiloh, while serving as colonel of the 3rd Confederate Infantry, Marmaduke suffered a severe wound, forcing him to relinquish his command for several months. For his actions during the battle, Marmaduke was promoted to brigadier general on November 15. 1862. In 1863, Marmaduke led two separate raids into Missouri which were both repulsed. Marmaduke participated in the defense of Little Rock, during which he was challenged to a duel by General L.M. Walker. The duel resulted in General Walker’s death. Marmaduke then went on to participate in the Red River Campaign, as well as the invasion of Missouri led by General Sterling Price. During the battle of Mine Creek, Marmaduke was captured by Union forces when they broke through his defensive lines. On March 18, 1865, he was promoted to Major General while still a prisoner of the Union army. He remained a prisoner until after the war ended. After the war, Marmaduke was elected Governor of Missouri in 1884, but died three years into the term. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/john-sappington-marmaduke.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
MARMADUKE'S DIVISION
Major General JOHN S. MARMADUKE
Brigadier General JOHN B. CLARK, Jr.
Escort.
Company D, Fifth Missouri Cavalry, Captain D. E. Stallard.
Marmaduke's Brigade
Brigadier General JOHN B. CLARK, Jr.
Colonel COLTON GREENE.
3rd Missouri Cavalry, Colonel Colton Greene.
4th Missouri Cavalry, Colonel John Q. Burbridge.
7th Missouri Cavalry,
Colonel Solomon G. Kitchen.
Davies' (Missouri) Battalion Cavalry,
Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Davies.
8th Missouri Cavalry, Colonel William L. Jeffers.
10th Missouri Cavalry, Colonel Robert R. Lawther.
14th Missouri Cavalry,(battalion), Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Wood.
Hynson's (Texas) Battery, Captain H. C. Hynson.
Harris' (Missouri) Battery, Captain S. S. Harris.
Engineer company, Captain James T. Hogane.
Freeman's Brigade.
Colonel THOMAS R. FREEMAN.
Freeman's (Missouri) Cavalry, Colonel Thomas R. Freeman.
Fristoe's (Missouri) Cavalry, Colonel Edward T. Fristoe.
Ford's (Arkansas) Cavalry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Barney Ford.
HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S DIVISION,
In the Field, September 20, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel MACLEAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of Missouri:
COLONEL: My command is to-night encamped forty-two miles from Pocahontas on the direct Poplar Bluff road, passing through Cherokee Bay. Nothing of note has occurred. Plenty of forage. Colonel Slayback writes me that seventeen transports laden with troops passed Osceola, Ark., up the Mississippi within the last few days.
Very respectfully,
J. S. MARMADUKE,
Major-General.
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HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S DIVISION,
Four Miles Northwest of Indian Ford,
On Saint Francis River, September 22, 1864-8 p. m.
Lieutenant-Colonel MACLEAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
COLONEL: I am encamped at the point mentioned above with my command. Will march to and encamp on the Castor (River), six miles below Buchanan and thirty-one miles from this and thirty miles from Fredericktown, tomorrow night. Forage plenty upon the route. The Federal force evacuated Bloomfield night before last. Were closely pursued by Colonel Jeffers' regiment, but escaped with the loss of their wagon train, captured or burned. The Federals went in the direction of New Madrid.
Very respectfully,
J. S. MARMADUKE,
Major-General.
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HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S DIVISION,
Bollinger's Mill, on Castor Creek, September 24, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel MACLEAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of Missouri:
COLONEL: I reached this point last night with my command. i will encamp to-night six miles north of Dallas, in the direction of Patton. Colonel Jeffers and Colonel Slayback joined me last night. Colonel Kitchen is behind five or six miles; will join me to-night. The verbal instructions of the major-general commanding to me at Pocahontas were that I should keep Fredericktown fifteen or twenty miles to my left on my march. Shall I adhere to those instructions, or shall I march direct to Fredericktown? I have sent a heavy scout in direction of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Will receive information of enemy's movements on that flank and will advise you. I have no news.
Very respectfully,
J. S. MARMADUKE,
Major-General, Commanding.
P. S.-I shall expect instructions to direct my movements to-night.
J. S. M.
HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S DIVISION,
In the Field, September 24, 1864-8 p. m.
Lieutenant-Colonel MACLEAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters:
COLONEL: My command is encamped to-night on Hurricane Creek, ten miles south of Patton, on the Dallas and Patton road. We have traveled eighteen miles to-day over very bad roads. All the commands reporting to me are now with me. I shall march to-morrow and reach Patton early. Will there await orders for my future course of march from army headquarters. I have received only one note from you since leaving Pocahontas. My command is marching well, but there are at least 500 dismounted men with me. A large number also are unarmed. The scout sent out this morning toward Jackson and Cape Girardeau, from which I had expected to hear by this time, I have not yet heard from, but am momentarily expecting news.
Very respectfully,
J. S. MARMADUKE,
Major-General.
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Numbers 96. Report of Colonel Colton Greene, Third Missouri Cavalry, commanding Marmaduke's brigade.
HEADQUARTERS MARMADUKE'S BRIGADE,
Camp on Red River, Ark., December 18, 1864.
MAJOR: In writing a report of the part taken in the late expedition into Missouri by the commands under me, I have embraced the actions of my own regiment and Marmaduke's brigade because I was in command of the latter in several engagements and during many marches, and that in the most memorable action I commanded both on the same day.
… and arrived at Pocahontas, on Black River, at midnight of the 18th of September. We swam this stream during the night, proceeded up its left bank fifteen miles and recrossed it, making our bivouac in Ripley Country, Mo., on the 20th, just two miles from the Arkansas line. On the same night I was ordered forward to Poplar Bluff, which town I occupied on the following morning, the enemy in small force evacuating the day before, and in pursuance of orders made a reconnaissance of the country and of the enemy's position at Bloomfield. From Poplar Bluff my march was northward to Patton, thence west to Fredericktown, during which my flankers dispersed several parties of militia, killing and wounding 4, capturing 11, and sustaining no loss. Here two companies of my regiment were detached on recruiting service.
The morning of the 27th of September found me in Ironton, where preparation was made to assault the enemy's position at Pilot Knob, contiguous to this village. His work, consisting of an octagonal bastion mounting four 32-pounder guns and two field batteries, lay in the cleared bed of a valley, around which Shepherd's Mountain and Pilot Knob rose up like a wall. I dismounted at the foot of Shepherd's Mountain, advanced to its crest with skirmishers deployed, and was by order of the brigadier-general put in line in reserve, ordered to preserve distance of seventy-five yards, and to support the first line at discretion.
Our artillery opening from both mountains,….
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