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Battle of Chalk Bluff

Began:

May 1, 1863

Ended:

May 2, 1863

Location:

Clay County, Arkansas

Theater:

Trans-Mississippi Theater

Campaign:

Marmaduke’s Second Expedition into Missouri

Outcome:

Confederate victory (tactical)
Union victory (strategic)

Combatants

2nd Division,
Army of the Frontier
Force under command of
Brig. Gen. John McNeil

Marmaduke's cavalry division

Commanders

William Vandever
Brigadier General, USA

John S. Marmaduke
Brigadier General, CSA

Strength

2,000

Casualties

120
Killed: 23
Wounded: 44
Missing/captured: 53

210
Killed: 30
Wounded: 60
Missing/captured: 120

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

v • d • e Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke's Second Expedition into Missouri, April-May 1863

Cape Girardeau -- Chalk Bluff

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater	Fort Anderson -- Kelly's Ford -- Washington, NC -- Suffolk -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Stoneman's Raid -- Chancellorsville -- Salem Church--2nd Marye's Heights -- Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Middleburg -- Aldie -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- Droop Mountain -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- Mine Run -- Charlestown

Western Theater	Arkansas Post -- Dover -- Thompson's Station -- Vaught's Hill -- Brentwood -- 1st Franklin -- Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Day's Gap -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Jackson, MS -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Hoover's Gap -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena -- Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville -- 2nd Chattanooga -- Cumberland Gap -- Davis' Cross Roads -- Chickamauga -- Blountsville -- Wheeler's Raid -- Blue Springs -- Brown's Ferry -- Wauhatchie -- Collierville -- Campbell's Station -- Chattanooga -- Ringgold Gap -- Fort Sanders -- Bean's Station -- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater	2nd Galveston -- 2nd Springfield -- Hartville -- Cape Girardeau-- Chalk Bluff -- Cabin Creek -- Honey Springs -- Raid on Lawrence -- Devil's Backbone -- 2nd Sabine Pass -- Bayou Forche -- Baxter Springs -- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater	1st Fort McAllister -- 1st Charleston Harbor -- Fort Bisland -- Irish Bend -- Vermillion Bayou -- Plains Store -- Port Hudson -- LaFourche Crossing -- 2nd Donaldsonville -- 1st Fort Wagner -- Grimball's Landing -- 2nd Fort Wagner -- 2nd Charleston Harbor -- 2nd Fort Sumter -- Kock's Plantation -- Stirling's Plantation -- Fort Brooke

Naval	Alabama vs Hatteras

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