John Sappington Marmaduke
Born: March 14, 1833
Birth Place: Arrow Rock, Missouri
Father: Meredith Miles Marmaduke 1791 – 1864
(Buried: Sappington Cemetery, Arrow Rock, Missouri)
Mother: Lavinia Sappington 1802 – 1885
(Buried: Sappington Cemetery, Arrow Rock, Missouri)
Education:
Attended Chapel Hill Academy in Lafayette County Missouri
Attended Yale University for two years
Attended Harvard University for one year
1857: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (30th in class)
Occupation before War:
1857: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Infantry
1857 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army 7th Infantry Regiment
1857 – 1858: Frontier Duty at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory
1858 – 1860: Served on the Utah Expedition
1860: Served in the March to New Mexico Territory
1860 – 1861: Served at Fort Webster, New Mexico Territory
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 17th
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of Missouri First Rifles Regiment
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel 1st Arkansas Battalion
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1863: Brigade commander during Battle of Prairie Grove
1863: Dueled with Major General Lucius M. Walker (Walker died)
1863 – 1865: Commander of a Cavalry Division Trans – Mississippi
1864: Cavalry Commander during Price's Missouri Raid
1864: Captured during the Battle of Mine Creek
1864 – 1865: Held as Prisoner of War at Johnson's Island, Ohio
1865: Major General of Confederate Army Cavalry
Occupation after War:
Insurance Salesman in St. Louis, Missouri
Editor of an Agriculture Journal
Missouri State Railroad Commissioner
1880: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Missouri
1885 – 1887: Governor of Missouri
Died: December 28, 1887
Place of Death: Jefferson City, Missouri
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Burial Place: Woodland – Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri
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