Battle of Cape Girardeau

Battle of Cape Girardeau
	Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the; American Civil War
	; Cape Girardeau occupied by federal troops
Date	April 26, 1863
Location	Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Result	Strategic (Union) victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John McNeil	John S. Marmaduke
Strength
4,000	5,000
Casualties and losses
12	325

The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke. Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle, it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end.