Battle of Marais des Cygnes facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marais des Cygnes
Part of the American Civil War
Date October 25, 1864 (1864-10-25) Location Linn County, Kansas Result Union victory
Belligerents
U.S. (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Alfred Pleasonton John F. Philips Frederick Benteen	Sterling Price John S. Marmaduke James F. Fagan
Units involved
Phillips's and Benteen's brigades of the U.S. Provisional Cavalry Division	Army of Missouri
Strength
2,600	7,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Marais des Cygnes was a battle during Price's Missouri Raid in the American Civil War. It happened on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas. It is also called the Battle of Osage, or the Battle of Trading Post. It was the first of three related actions on the same day. All three of those actions involved elements of Major General Sterling Price's Confederate Army of Missouri, and the Union's Provisional Cavalry Division commanded by Major General Alfred Pleasonton.

Images for kids

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  Map of Price's Raid

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  Map of Marais des Cygnes battlefield by the American Battlefield Protection Program

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  Confederate cavalry during Price's Raid drawn by Samuel J. Reader in 1865