Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke
Born: March 14, 1833
Saline County, Missouri
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Died: December 26, 1887
Jefferson City, Missouri
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1857: West Point Graduate
1857: 2nd Lieutenant
April 1861: Resigned USA Commision
April 1861: Colonel, Missouri Militia
Resigned Commission Militia
1st Lieutenant CSA
April 1862: Colonel CSA
November 1862: Brigadier General
March 1865: Major General
Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke
Attended Chapel Hill Academy in Lafayette County, Missouri
Attended Masonic College in Lexington, Missouri
Yale University for 1 year, then Harvard for 1 year
1857: West Point Graduate - 30th out of 38 cadets
2nd Lieut. in 1st U.S. Mounted Riflemen
Transferred to the 2nd U.S. Cavalry under Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston
1857-1858: Utah War
1858-1860: Posted to Camp Floyd, Utah
Spring 1861: On duty in New Mexico Territory when he heard several states had seceded. Returned home to Missouri and resigned from the U.S. Army in April 1861.
Missouri Governor Clarborne Fox Jackson, Marmaduke's Uncle, appointed him as Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Rifles, a unit from Saline County
June 17, 1861: Battle of Booneville - Marmaduke's forces broke and ran after 20 minutes and the skirmish was called the "Boonville Races."
Disgusted with the situation, resigned his commission in Missouri State Guard and traveled to Richmond
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Commissioned as 1st Lieutenant in Regular Confederate Army
Ordered to report for duty in Arkansas and elected Lieut. Colonel of 1st Arkansas Battalion
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh - wounded in action as Colonel of 3rd Confederate Regiment which laid him up for months
November 1862: Brigadier General
December 7, 1862: Battle of Prairie Grove
April 26, 1863: Battle of Cape Girardeau
September 1863: Accused immediate superior officer Brig. Gen. Lucius Walker of cowardice in action for not being present on the battlefield. Walker challenged Marmaduke to a duel which Walker was killed on September 6, 1863.
March 10 - May 22, 1864: Red River Campaign - Commanded a Cavalry Division in the Trans-Mississippi Department
April 18, 1864: Battle of Poison Springs or Poison Springs Massacre
October 25, 1864: Battle of Mine Creek - was captured
March 1865: Major General
January 25, 1885 - December 28, 1887: Governor of Missouri
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 513
John S. Marmaduke. 1 February 2025. web. 18 February 2025.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 211-212
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