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Agha Bayou Fourche na ijide Little Rock na 10 Septemba. N'anyasị nke 9 Septemba, ndị injinia gọọmentị malitere iwu àkwà mmiri na Terry's Ferry n'osimiri Arkansas n'okpuru mmiri site na Little Rock. N'ụtụtụ echi ya, ndị agha Confederate gbagburu àkwà mmiri ahụ, mana ọ dara ngwa ngwa site na bọmbụ nke ọtụtụ batrị Union gbakọtara na mpaghara ugwu. Ka ọ na-erule elekere iri nke ụtụtụ, ndị agha Union nwetara isi mmiri n'akụkụ ndịda ma ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Davidson malitere ịgafe. Ka ọ dịgodị, Steele na ndị agha ya ndị ka n'ọnụ ọgụgụ nọ na-aga n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke dị n'ebe ugwu iji lụso ndị agha Price ọgụ. N'akụkụ ndịda, ndị agha Davidson nọ n'okpuru John Montgomery Glover na Lewis Merrill kwagara n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ na Bayou Fourche ebe John S. Marmaduke haziri ọnọdụ nchebe. Site n'enyemaka nke ndị agha na-agba ọkụ site n'akụkụ ugwu nke Osimiri Arkansas, ndị agha Glover tụgharịrị ndị Confederate n'akụkụ aka ekpe. Mgbe Price hụrụ na ndị agha Union na-aga n'ihu n'akụkụ ndịda, ọ nyere iwu ka a chụpụ Little Rock.