John S. Marmaduke’s Confederates clash with Federals during their raid on Federal supply depots in southwestern Missouri.

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John S. Marmaduke’s Confederates clash with Federals during their raid on Federal supply depots in southwestern Missouri.
John S. Marmaduke leads a Confederate force from Little Rock, Arkansas, to raid Federal supply depots in southwestern Missouri.
Confederates try to re-enter Missouri from Arkansas, and a fierce skirmish results.
Federal army and navy forces capture a key stronghold on the Mississippi River.
John Pope readies his Federal army to capture strategic Island Number 10 on the Mississippi River with naval support.
Confederate defenders abandon a position on the Mississippi River under artillery bombardment from John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi.