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Battle of Marais des Cygnes (view source)
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, 15:06, December 24, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Marais des Cygnes<br/><small>Battle of Osage, Battle of Trading Post</small> |image= |begin=October 25, 1864 |end=Same day |place=Linn County, Kansas ..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Marais des Cygnes<br/><small>Battle of Osage, Battle of Trading Post</small>
|image=
|begin=October 25, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Linn County, Kansas
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Price’s Missouri Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Provisional cavalry division
|combatants2=Army of Missouri
|commanders1=[[Alfred Pleasonton]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[John S. Marmaduke]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA<br/>[[James F. Fagan]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=2,600
|strength2=7,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price led an expedition into Missouri which Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton finally countered around Kansas City, Missouri. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton, commanding in the field, pursued him into Kansas and fought him at Marais des Cygnes. After an artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton’s men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line, forcing them to withdraw. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Price's Missouri Expedition}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Marais des Cygnes<br/><small>Battle of Osage, Battle of Trading Post</small>
|image=
|begin=October 25, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Linn County, Kansas
|theater=Trans-Mississippi Theater
|campaign=Price’s Missouri Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Provisional cavalry division
|combatants2=Army of Missouri
|commanders1=[[Alfred Pleasonton]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[John S. Marmaduke]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA<br/>[[James F. Fagan]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=2,600
|strength2=7,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price led an expedition into Missouri which Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton finally countered around Kansas City, Missouri. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton, commanding in the field, pursued him into Kansas and fought him at Marais des Cygnes. After an artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton’s men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line, forcing them to withdraw. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Price's Missouri Expedition}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]