George Martin
John Sappington Marmaduke
Residence was not listed; a 28 year-old US Army Officer.
Enlisted on 8/1/1861 as a Lieut Colonel.
On 8/1/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff AR 1st Battn Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 1/1/1862
On 1/1/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff CS 3rd Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 11/15/1862
On 11/15/1862 he was commissioned into CS Gen Staff
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 4/7/1862 Shiloh, TN
* POW 10/25/1864 Marais Des Cygnes, KS
* Confined 11/10/1864 Fort Warren, MA (Estimated date)
* Released 8/15/1865 Fort Warren, MA (Estimated day)
Promotions:
* Colonel 1/1/1862 (As of 3rd CS Infantry)
* Brig-Gen 11/15/1862
* Major-Gen 3/17/1865
Other Information:
born 3/14/1833 in Arrow Rock, MO
died 12/28/1887 in Jefferson City, MO
(Graduate USMA 1857)
After the War he lived in Jefferson City, MO
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Field Officers, Regiments & Battalions of CS Army
- Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc.
NOTES:
MARMADUKE, JOHN S.
MISSOURI.
First lieutenant, Corps of Cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861.
Colonel, Third Confederate Regiment, January 1, 1862.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., November 15, 1862.
Major general, P. A. C. S., March 17, 1865.
Died December 28, 1887.
Commands.
Brigade composed of the Third Confederate, the Twenty-
fifth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirty-seventh Tennessee Regiments
and Snell's Light Battery of Artillery, constituting the
Fourth Brigade, Third Corps, Army of the Mississippi.
Commanding all the cavalry forces in Northern Arkansas.
September 8, 1864, commanding division composed of the
brigades of Clark and Harrison, Price's Army (Trans-
Mississippi Department).
October 25, 1864, captured in Linn County, Arkansas.
Marmaduke, John Sappington, born in Missouri, appointed
from Missouri cadet United States Military Academy, July 1,
1853; graduated thirtieth in a class of thirty-eight.
Brevet second lieutenant, First Infantry, July 1, 1857.
Second lieutenant, Seventh Infantry, August 1, 1857.
Resigned April 17, 1861.
Source: General Officers of the Confederate States of America
Major-General John Sappington Marmaduke was born near Arrow
Rock, Mo., on March 14, 1833. Brought up on his father's farm,
with such preparation as he could get in country schools, he
entered Yale college at the age of seventeen, and after
spending two years there and one at Harvard he was appointed to
the United States military academy, where he was graduated in
1857.
He served on frontier duty, was in the Utah expedition under
Albert Sidney Johnston, and held the rank of second-lieutenant
of the Seventh infantry when he resigned his commission to
enter the service of the Confederate States, April 17, 1861.
With the commission of first-lieutenant of cavalry he was
assigned to service with General Hardee, and soon after he was
promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and on January 1, 1862, to
colonel of the Third Confederate infantry, an Arkansas
regiment.
At the battle of Shiloh his regiment bore the guiding colors of
the brigade and captured the first prisoners of the day, and he
was mentioned with praise in the official reports. In the
second day's battle he was wounded and disabled, and while in
hospital was recommended for promotion to the rank of
brigadier-general.
He commanded his brigade of Arkansans during the siege of
Corinth, and later was ordered to the Trans-Mississippi, and
assigned to duty as a brigadier-general September 28th under
General Hindman. In command of Hindman's cavalry division,
brigades of Shelby and Bradfute, he rendered valuable services.
Taking a conspicuous part as a division commander in the battle
of Prairie Grove he was warmly commended by General Hindman,
who noted in his report that Marmaduke had apparently not been
confirmed as brigadier, and declared that if the higher
authorities had witnessed his valor at Shiloh and Prairie
Grove, the honor would not be delayed.
In January, 1863, he led an expedition in Missouri and attacked
Springfield, and defeated a considerable body of the enemy at
Hartville, compelling by his maneuvers the withdrawal of
General Blunt's army to Springfield and the destruction of a
long chain of forts. In April he made a more formidable
expedition, leading the cavalrymen of Shelby, Greene, Carter
and Burbridge to Cape Girardeau.
He defeated the Federals at Taylor's Creek May 11th, and
commanded the heroic brigades of Shelby and Greene in the
attack on Helena, July 4, 1863, his part of the action failing
for want of support. During Price's defense of Little Rock he
commanded the cavalry of the army, which, fighting as the rear
guard, was reported as "skillfully handled and behaved
admirably. "
At this time occurred his duel with Brig-Gen. L. M. Walker,
which resulted in the death of the latter. Marmaduke was put
in arrest, but was ordered to resume command during pending
operations, and subsequently was formally released by General
Holmes.
On October 25, 1863, he attacked Pine Bluff with his division,
but without success. At the opening of the Red river campaign,
1864, he held the line of the Ouachita, scouring the country in
front to within 25 miles of Little Rock, and when Steele
advanced to co-operate with Banks he harassed and delayed the
Federal movement from the north to Camden to such an extent as
to make it ineffectual, fighting gallantly at Elkin's ferry,
April 2d, 3d and 4th, and at Prairie d'Ane, April 9th.
On the 18th he won the brilliant action at Poison Spring, and
at Jenkins' ferry he rendered important services. In
recognition of his valuable services Marmaduke was made a
major-general, though his commission was not received until
March 17, 1865.
In May and June, 1864, he was stationed on the Mississippi, and
had a creditable encourter with A. J. Smith at Lake Village.
With Sterling Price on the great Missouri raid of 1864, he
commanded one of the three columns of division and was greatly
distinguished. At the battle of Little Blue, October 21st two
horses were killed under him while he was endeavoring to stem
the onset of the enemy's forces which from this point forced
Price to make a retreat.
He was in fierce battle on the 22nd 23d and on the 25th at
Marais des Cygnes, was overwhelmed while guarding the rear, and
made prisoner. He was carried to Fort Warren, and there held
until August, 1865.
After his release he took a journey to Europe for his health.
In May, 1866, he returned to Missouri and engaged in the
commission business until 1869, when he became superintendent
of Southern agencies for an insurance company.
He was editor of various Missouri papers, 1871-74; in 1874
secretary of the State board of agriculture, and from 1875 to
1880 a member of the railroad commission of Missouri. From
1885 to 1887 he held the honored position of governor of the
State.
He died at Jefferson City, December 28, 1887.
Source: Confederate Military History, vol. XII, p. 215