The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-19

against Steel's overwhelming columns, and
here, after a hard fought battle of many
hours, Steel's advance was driven back and
! I. ID to take another route TO reach Lit
lie Rock.
AT the evacuation of Little Rock, Marina
duke was again assigned to thepost Of danger
and honor by Gen. Price, then command
ing the department, who ordered him 10
cover the retreat and retard the advance of
! the pursuing enemy. He planned the al
Iackon Pine Bluff, CO handing three. bril-
gades, Later, his demand TO surrender be-
ing refused, he drove the garrison within
the Notifications, captured their encamp-
ments, quartermaster, cCmmissaIy and or
nance supplies, their horses and mules and
the officers FIFE, Is, destroying all he could
not carry of, shelled their Notifications,
and Withdrew, rather than sacrifice hun
dreds of lives DOR an inadequate result.
In the spring OF 1864 he was assigned 10
the duty of maneuvering against Steele 10
retard his progress long enough TO allow
General Z Kirby Smith to dispose of Gen
eral Banks, then moving from New Orleans.
Mirmsduke's force of 4, 900 men and eight
guns were so admirably handled that he
forced General Steele, with magnhcently
equipped army of IS 600 10 occupy nearly
three weeks III moving from Little Rock TO
Camden, distance of one hundred and
| twenty-five miles. He harrassed him at
every possible point, until Steele was driven
into Camden where he exhausted his sup
plies. On April Goth, Steele sent a forage
train out with guard OF 5000 men.
Msrmaduke, by skill and hard fighting,
captured the trsin-about $50 wagon and
ambulances, 800 horses aid mules, and
four pieces OF artillery-killing and cap
turing several hundred federals. Steele be
ing forced 10 evscuate Camden, marched
for Little Rock, but being holly persued by
MarmadHke's cavalry, was forced TO give
battle, and this gave time for Gent al +.
| Kirby Smith TO come up with heavy in
| fantry force, whereupon followed the san
culinary battle at Jenkins Ferry, in which
>teeleis army was saved by a hasty and
disorderly retreat.
For distinguished services rendered in
this battle, and in the general campaign
against Steele, Marmaduke was made
MajOr General. During the summer of
1864, General Msrmaduke established
himself near Lake Village. ChicOt county,
and succeeded in breaking up the traffic
between federal traders and the citizens
and rendering navigation hazardous except
TO The better class of gnn-boats. In this
position, with 600 men and twelve pieces
of artillery, he four times, during an en-
gagement Of six hours, repulsed the federal
| forces under General A. J. Smith, and
when the latter turned his position by a
flank movement, h retreated acroSs the
bayou. harrassed the rear of the retiring
expedition, and the next day resumed his
old position against the enemy's transpor-
taiion on the river
In the fall of 1864, when General Price
made his memorable raid into Missouri,
General Marmsduke was placed in charge
OF a division of cavalry and it was largely
owing 10 his valuable services that the
campaign was not even more disastrous in
lis ending for the coniederates.
After the repulse of the confederates in
the attack on Pilot Knob, Marmaduke
moved with his division mp The Missouri
river as lar as Wsstport. Several
battles and skirmishes occurred, until
Scott he was surrounded and taken prison
er, much to the sorrow of lis brave men,
who had followed him through more than
one hundred battles.
He was sent to Johnston's Island, and
two months later 10 Fort Warren, where
ne remained until August, 1876, when the
close of the war made him again a free
man. Broken in health by the rigors and
deprivations of prison lie, he Immediately
after his release made a trip TO Europe,
leaving New York in September, 1865. He
made tour of most OF the European coun-
tries, and returned much improved in
health to Missouri in April, 1866. He i'm
mediately set to work repairing his
wrecked fortunes, and, IN conjunction with
his brother, ID. w. Marmaduke, and DIR.
Wyatt NJ. Brown, opened commission
house in 81. Louis. Retiring from this bus
mess in 1867, he accepted the position of
special agent of the Life Association OF
America, which, under his careful manage
ment and business tact, soon became thor
oughly established from Maryland to |
Texas. His health again failing him, in
April, 1871, he severed his connection with |
this company, and shortly after purchased
an interest Ia the Journal of Commerce,
and in the latter part of the same year, In |
conjunction with his brothers, Vincent and |
Leslie Msrmaduke, and Messrs. Walcott & |
Hume, he established the Daily Evening |
Journal and in 1871 the company bought |
the Journal of Agriculture and changed il |
10 an ILLUSTRATED paper. 1u 1917 ne us |,
solved his interest with this company and
he and his brother Vincent purchased the |
illustrated Journal OF Agriculture, which |
they successfully run until June, 1873, |
when be disposed of his interest in the pa
per and accepted the position of secretary |
of the state board of agriculture and TO |
which position be was reappointed in 1874. |
In 1875 he was appointed by Governor
Hardin railroad commissioner, but at the |
reque.t of the board of agriculture, coniin-
ned to discharge the duties of his Office as
their secretary until the expiration of his
term. In November, 1876, he WIS elected |
by tie people railroad commissioner for
four years.
The same kind and generous disposition,
frank, honest and truthful nature, gentle
manly manners, prompt, energetic action,
and self-reliapt character which every as |