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Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:43 am to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 10/25/14 at 6:43 am to BadLeroyDawg
Tuesday, 25 October 1864
It had taken more than a day to get in gear, but once the Federal armies who had broken Major General Sterling Price’s much smaller Confederate army in the Battle of Westport got serious about pursuit, things rapidly got fierce again. This morning, Major General Alfred Pleasanton’s cavalry lined up for a charge and hit the fleeing wagon trains near the confluence of the Marais des Cygnes and Mine Creek. Two defending divisions broke, but soon Joseph O. Shelby’s men came up in support. They held for awhile on a line at the Little Osage River, allowing more of the wagons to escape, but the forces opposing them were just too many and too strong. The Federal cavalry charge at Mine Creek inflicted 1,060 Confederate casualties and resulted in the capture of Generals John Marmaduke and William L. Cabell. Price bitterly burned about a third of the wagons, and pressed the remainder south at as fast a pace as could be managed.
Federal operations were stepped up around Fayetteville, Arkansas, during the invasion by Major General Sterling Price.
An expedition from the USS Don, Commander Foxhall A. Parker, landed at Fleet's Point, in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, and burned houses, barns, and outbuildings formerly used as shelter by the home guards of Northumberland County while firing on vessels of the Potomac Flotilla. Four boats were also burned and five others captured.
Rear Admiral George F. Pearson assumed command of the Pacific Squadron relieving Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell.
A Federal expedition began from Blackwater Bay, Florida, and a skirmish would take place at Milton, as the Federals, including a unit of colored troops soldiers, drive off a smaller group of Confederates, and would seize over 100,000 feet of seasoned Rebel lumber.
Skirmishing occurred as elements of Major General William T. Sherman's forces clashed on the Gadsden Road, in Alabama, with Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Confederates as they continued moving west.
Skirmishes were reported near Round Mountain, and at Turkeytown, Alabama, as well as near Memphis, Tennessee.
Skirmishes took place near the Half Way House, between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Skirmishes occurred at Milford, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
It had taken more than a day to get in gear, but once the Federal armies who had broken Major General Sterling Price’s much smaller Confederate army in the Battle of Westport got serious about pursuit, things rapidly got fierce again. This morning, Major General Alfred Pleasanton’s cavalry lined up for a charge and hit the fleeing wagon trains near the confluence of the Marais des Cygnes and Mine Creek. Two defending divisions broke, but soon Joseph O. Shelby’s men came up in support. They held for awhile on a line at the Little Osage River, allowing more of the wagons to escape, but the forces opposing them were just too many and too strong. The Federal cavalry charge at Mine Creek inflicted 1,060 Confederate casualties and resulted in the capture of Generals John Marmaduke and William L. Cabell. Price bitterly burned about a third of the wagons, and pressed the remainder south at as fast a pace as could be managed.
Federal operations were stepped up around Fayetteville, Arkansas, during the invasion by Major General Sterling Price.
An expedition from the USS Don, Commander Foxhall A. Parker, landed at Fleet's Point, in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia, and burned houses, barns, and outbuildings formerly used as shelter by the home guards of Northumberland County while firing on vessels of the Potomac Flotilla. Four boats were also burned and five others captured.
Rear Admiral George F. Pearson assumed command of the Pacific Squadron relieving Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell.
A Federal expedition began from Blackwater Bay, Florida, and a skirmish would take place at Milton, as the Federals, including a unit of colored troops soldiers, drive off a smaller group of Confederates, and would seize over 100,000 feet of seasoned Rebel lumber.
Skirmishing occurred as elements of Major General William T. Sherman's forces clashed on the Gadsden Road, in Alabama, with Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Confederates as they continued moving west.
Skirmishes were reported near Round Mountain, and at Turkeytown, Alabama, as well as near Memphis, Tennessee.
Skirmishes took place near the Half Way House, between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Skirmishes occurred at Milford, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
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Posted on 10/25/14 at 8:46 am to BadLeroyDawg
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