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The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke.
Duty at Cape Girardeau, Mo., till July, 1863. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2. Battle of Cape Girardeau April 26. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., July and duty there till September, 1863.
Detail Map of Fort D, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Work on Fort D began on August 6, 1861, under the direction of Lieutenant John W. Powell of Illinois. Later, Powell recruited a company of men from Cape Girardeau to serve in the Union army. Since Powell was from Illinois, these men were designated as Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery.
The battery fought at the Battle of Cape Girardeau on 26 April. [3] The Federal troops led by Brigadier General John McNeil drove off Marmaduke's attack. The defenders included Welfley's Missouri Battery and another battery from the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regiment, plus reinforcements of two cannons from a third battery. [19]
His first battle as a brigade commander was at the Battle of Prairie Grove. [7] In April 1863, he left Arkansas with 5,000 men and ten artillery pieces and entered U.S.-held Missouri. However, he was repulsed at the Battle of Cape Girardeau and forced to return to Helena, Arkansas. [8] Controversy soon followed.
The Battle of Cape Girardeau was fought on April 26. [7] Built in 1861, Forts A, B, C, and D protected Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Marmaduke's attack was repulsed by the Union defenders. [8] There was a clash at the Castor River near Bloomfield, Missouri on 29–30 April. The Battle of Chalk Bluff on the St. Francis River occurred on 1–2 May. [7]
Duty in Forts about St. Louis, Mo., till February, 1863. Garrison duty at New Madrid, Mo., till April 24, 1864. At Cape Girardeau till May. Moved to Springfield, Mo., via St. Louis and Sedalia, thence to Rolla, Mo., June 20, and duty there till October. March from Rolla to Jefferson City October 4–6 (Detachment). Moreau Creek October 7.
Cape Girardeau (/ d ʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d oʊ / ... the city was the site of the Battle of Cape Girardeau on April 26, 1863. The Union and Confederate armies engaged in ...