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|commanders1=[[John H. McNeil]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA

|commanders1=[[John H. McNeil]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA

|commanders2=[[Sterling Price]]<br/>Major General, CSA

|commanders2=[[Sterling Price]]<br/>Major General, CSA

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|strength1=2 brigades

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|strength2=1 division

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|casualties1=Unknown

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|casualties2=Unknown

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Following the Battle of Mine Creek, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price continued his cartage towards Fort Scott. In late afternoon of October 25, Price’s supply train had difficulty crossing the Marmiton River ford and, like at Mine Creek, Price had to make a stand. Brig. Gen. John S. McNeil, commanding two brigades of Pleasonton’s cavalry division, attacked the Confederate troops that Price and his officers rallied, included a sizable number of unarmed men. McNeil observed the sizable Confederate force, not knowing that many of them were unarmed, and refrained from an all out assault. After about two hours of skirmishing, Price continued his retreat and McNeil could not mount an effective pursuit. Price’s army was broken by this time, and it was simply a question of how many men he could successfully evacuate to friendly territory. (''NPS summary'')

Major General Sterling Price was in retreat following the [[Battle of Mine Creek]] just a few hours earlier, and late in the afternoon of October 25 two brigades of Pleasonton's cavalry division under the command of Brigadier General John S. McNeil caught up with him near a crossing on the Marmiton River.  A two-hour skirmish followed, Price's sizable force determined to make a stand which lasted some two hours. Observing that the Confederates outnumbered him by a sizable margin, but unaware many of them were unarmed, McNeil refused to order an assault upon their positions.

 

Safely crossing the Marmiton River, Price continued his retreat with his men and wagons largely intact, with McNeil unable to mount an effective pursuit.  

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