John S. Marmaduke
Confederate Army general
Died when: 54 years 289 days (657 months)Star Sign: Pisces
John Sappington Marmaduke (March 14, 1833 – December 28, 1887) was an American politician and soldier.He served as the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in 1887.
During the American Civil War, he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
On September 6, 1863 Marmaduke killed Confederate Brigadier-General Lucius M.Walker in a duel.Major-General Sterling Price ordered Marmaduke's arrest, but suspended the order because of the impending Union advance on Little Rock, Arkansas.
Marmaduke never faced a court martial for the duel.
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