[Civil War]: Smart, Edwin:

$3,000 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

REBEL RAID IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. ATTACK UPON PATTERSON. FIGHT BETWEEN 1,500 OF THE ENEMY AND 400 FEDERALS. THE LATTER FALL BACK TO BIG CREEK. INTERESTING DISPATCH FROM PILOT KNOB. MAJOR McCONNELL ... A rare Civil War broadside recounting Confederate General John S. Marmaduke's second raid into Missouri. It gives detailed news of battles between Union and Confederate troops in southeast Missouri, an area that saw bloody battles between Unionists and Bushwhackers throughout the Civil War.Marmaduke, aided by other Confederate units led by Joseph O. Shelby, and Sterling Price and others attempted to lay claim to Missouri in 1861; they were unsuccessful, but did not acknowledge defeat. Marmaduke planned his return for spring of 1863, confident that secessionist-minded Missourians would rally to his banner and he could make a decisive move on Jefferson City and even St. Louis. He needed the help: at the beginning of the raid Marmaduke had about 5,000 troops, of which 1,200 were unarmed and 900 were unmounted, and he hoped to resupply at Patterson and Bloomfield. He divided his forces, and sent 2,000 against Patterson, the furthest south in a string of fortified outposts in southeastern Missouri. Marmaduke's troops had the element of surprise initially, approaching Patterson and its small garrison of about 400 troops, commanded by Col. Edwin Smart. Marmaduke's men captured Smart's pickets but revealed themselves soon after, as over-eager artillery troops started firing before the i

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