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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Battle of Changzhou
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|date=25 December 1863 – 11 May 1864 (decisive phase between 25 April and 11 May )
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|place= [[Changzhou]] and towns outside [[Jintan]]
|territory= Southeastern China
|result= [[Qing Dynasty]] victory
|changes= Qing recover all of Jiangsu
|combatant1= [[Qing dynasty]]
|combatant2= [[Taiping Heavenly Kingdom]]
|commander1= Governor of [[Jiangsu]] [[Li Hongzhang]] (then 40 years) <br/> [[Lieutenant General]] [[Bao Chao]] <br/> [[Charles George Gordon]] <br/> [[Major General]] [[Zhou Shengbo]](周盛波) <br/> [[Zhang Shusheng]] <br/> [[Liu Mingchuan]]
|commander2= [[Chen Kunshu]]<br/>[[Li Shixian]](defended Jintan early)
Chen Jueshu<br/>Fei Tianjan(費天將)
|strength1= 110,000 [[Huai Army]]
4,000 [[Ever Victorious Army]]
|strength2= 80,000 [[Taiping Heavenly Kingdom|Taiping]]s
|casualties1=15,000 [[Huai Army]] killed
|casualties2=Unknown
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{{Campaignbox Taiping Rebellion}}
'''Battle of Changzhou''' occurred during the [[Taiping Rebellion]]. It was won by the [[Qing dynasty]], who regained control over all of [[Jiangsu]].

==References==
* {{cite book |last = Platt |first = Stephen R. |year = 2012 |title = Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War |url = https://archive.org/details/autumninheavenly00plat |url-access = registration |publisher = Knopf| location = New York |isbn = 9780307271730}} Detailed narrative analysis.
* {{cite book |last = Spence |first = Jonathan D. |author-link = Jonathan D. Spence |year = 1996 |title = God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan |publisher = W.W. Norton |location = New York |isbn = 0393038440 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/godschinesesonta0000spen }}

{{Coord missing|Jiangsu}}

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1864|Changzhou 1864]]
[[Category:1864 in China|Changzhou 1864]]
[[Category:Battles of the Taiping Rebellion|Changzhou 1864]]
[[Category:Military history of Jiangsu]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1863]]
[[Category:December 1863]]
[[Category:January 1864]]
[[Category:February 1864]]
[[Category:March 1864]]
[[Category:April 1864]]
[[Category:May 1864]]


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