What is Battle of Marais des Cygnes?
{{Infobox military conflict| conflict=Marais des Cygnes<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ks004.htm| title=CWSAC Battle Summaries| publisher=Heritage Preservation Services| access-date=2014-11-25| archive-date=2012-12-22| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222024319/http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ks004.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> |colour_scheme=background:#ffcccc |image= |caption= |partof=the [[American Civil War]] |date= {{Start date|1864|10|25}} |place=[[Linn County, Kansas]] |result=[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory |combatant1= {{flagicon|USA|1863}} U.S. ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]) |combatant2= {{flagicon|CSA|1863}} [[Confederate States of America|CSA (Confederacy)]] |commander1=[[Alfred Pleasonton]]<br>[[John F. Philips]]<br>[[Frederick Benteen]] |commander2=[[Sterling Price]]<br>[[John S. Marmaduke]]<br>[[James F. Fagan]] |units1=Phillips's and Benteen's brigades of the U.S. Provisional Cavalry Division |units2=[[Army of Missouri]] |strength1= 2,600 |strength2= 7,000 |casualties1=Unknown |casualties2=Unknown |}} The '''Battle of [[Marais des Cygnes River|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]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Kansas in the Civil War}} {{coord|38.2552|-94.6783|display=title|type:event_region:US-KS}} [[Category:American Civil War battles]] [[Category:1864 in the United States]] [[Category:1860s in Kansas]]