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Search Results for: Price's Missouri Expedition

    Price's Missouri Expedition - Facts

    Key facts about Confederate Major General Sterling Price's Expedition into Missouri in 1864.

    Price's Missouri Expedition - Summary

    In August 1864, Major General Sterling Price led the Confederate Army of Missouri on an unsuccessful raid into Missouri and Kansas with aims of bolstering Confederate influence in the West, diverting Union troops away from the Eastern Theater, and damaging U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection ambitions.

    Camden Expedition - Summary

    Part of the failed Red River Campaign (March 10–May 22, 1864), the Camden Expedition was a fruitless foray into southwestern Arkansas that cost Union forces 2,750 casualties but did nothing to end Confederate control of the area.

    Army of Missouri (CSA) - Summary

    The Army of Missouri was a 12,000-man Confederate force commanded by Major General Sterling Price during a failed expedition into Missouri in the autumn of 1864.

    Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department (CSA) - Facts

    Key facts about the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department.

    Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department (CSA) - Summary

    The last major Southern force to surrender at the end of the American Civil War, the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department embodied the troops assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department.

    Lexington, Second Battle of - Facts

    Key facts about the Second Battle of Lexington, fought on October 19, 1864,

    Fort Davidson, Battle of (aka Battle of Pilot Knob) - Facts

    Key facts about the Battle of Fort Davidson, fought on September 26-27, 1864.

    Army of the Border (USA) - Facts

    Basic facts about the Union Army of the Border, which battled Major General Sterling Price's Army of Missouri during Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864.

    Army of the Border (USA) - Summary

    Union Major General Samuel Curtis organized the Army of the Border to confront Confederate Major General Sterling Price's Army of Missouri as it marauded through Missouri during October 1864.

    Smith, Edmund Kirby - Biography

    Kirby Smith was one of seven full generals in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was also the Confederacy's last full general to pass away.

    Pea Ridge Campaign - Summary

    Fought between December 28, 1861–July 12, 1862, the Pea Ridge Campaign was arguably the most significant military operation in the Trans-Mississippi theater during the Civil War.

    Battle of Jenkins' Ferry - Summary

    The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (aka Engagement at Jenkins’ Ferry), was the final engagement of the Camden Expedition in 1864.

    Marks' Mills, Battle of - Summary

    At the Battle of Marks' Mill (aka Action at Marks’ Mills), Confederate soldiers captured "a large number" of blacks and pro-Union Arkansans who they subsequently "inhumanly butchered."

    Poison Spring, Battle of - Summary

    Following the Battle of Poison Spring, Confederate soldiers shot, bayoneted, and scalped the defenseless wounded and captive black soldiers of the 1st Kansas (Colored) Infantry Regiment.

    Prairie D'Ane, Battle of - Summary

    Also known as the Skirmish at Prairie D’Ane, Battle of Gum Springs, or Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Prairie D'Ane was the second major engagement of the Camden Expedition in 1864.

    Elkin's Ferry, Battle of - Summary

    The Battle of Elkin's Ferry (aka Engagement at Elkin's Ferry), was the first major engagement of the Camden Expedition in 1864.

    Newtonia, Second Battle of - Facts

    Key facts about the Second Battle of Newtonia, which was fought on October 28, 1864, during the Civil War.

    Mine Creek, Battle of - Facts

    Key facts about the Battle of Mine Creek, the largest Civil War conflict fought in Kansas, and one of the larger cavalry engagements of the war.

    Westport, Battle of - Facts

    Key facts about the Battle of Westport, which was fought on October 23, 1864, during the Civil War.

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