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The Battles around Chalk Bluff Use the First >> button above to see these markers in sequence.| Arkansas (Clay County), St. Francis — Chalk Bluff in the Civil War Skirmish of May 15, 1862 | | | Chalk Bluff occupied a strategic position during the Civil War. Its cliffs commanded a vital river crossing on the only major road from Missouri into the Crowley's Ridge country. Provisions were collected here and shipped downstream to Confederate forces. At daybreak on May 15, 1862 Union troops seized the ferry, crossed the river under fire, captured the town and drove the Confederates into the woods. — Map (db m18186) | | Arkansas (Clay County), St. Francis — Chalk Bluff in the Civil War Raids of March-April 1863 | | | On March 10, 1863 Union cavalry captured the ferry after a three-hour fight. They burned buildings and stores of corn in Chalk Bluff and destroyed a large uncompleted ferry boat. Two weeks later on March 24 Union cavalry returned to Chalk Bluff and pursued retreating Confederates as far as Scatterville south of present day Piggott. On April 20 confederate cavalry surprised and routed a Union encampment across the river from Chalk Bluff. — Map (db m4906) | | Arkansas (Clay County), St. Francis — Chalk Bluff in the Civil War Battle of May 1-2, 1863 | | | In April 1863 a Confederate army of 5000 men commanded by General John S. Marmaduke advanced into Missouri. Forced to retreat before superior Union forces, the Confederates on May 1-2 fought a successful delaying action here while their army crossed the swollen St. Francis River on a makeshift floating bridge. — Map (db m4911) | | Missouri (Dunklin County), Campbell — The Battle at Chalk Bluff A State Divided The Civil War in Missouri | | | The Battle at Chalk BluffDown the hill from this marker is the place where four brigades of Confederates, led by Brig. Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke, crossed the St. Francis into the safety of Arkansas on May 1-2, 1863. The clash with Union troops at Chalk Bluff was the last fight of Marmaduke's second expedition into Missouri, usually known as the Cape Girardeau Raid, in April 17-May 2, 1863. The fleeing Confederates were hotly pursued by Union troops, led by Gen. John McNeil, and their . . . — Map (db m18141) |
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