Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Otu ahụ nọ na McRea's Brigade n'oge Mgbasa Little Rock na August na Septemba 1863, mana etinyeghị aka na ọgụ ahụ. Ndị isi ndị agha Confederate nke General Marmaduke na Walker megidere ọganihu nke Union na Little Rock. Ndị agha ndị agha Confederate nọ n'akụkụ ugwu nke Osimiri Arkansas. Dika onye isi Ethan Allen Pinnell nke Eighth Missouri Infantry si kwuo, "Ọrụ anyị na-agbasa site na osimiri Arkansas kilomita abụọ n'okpuru obodo ahụ. ruo n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Crystal Hill, ebe dị anya nke kilomita 6. Brig. Gen'l Fagan nọ n'aka nri, Parson nọ n'aka ekpe Fagan, Frost nọ n'etiti na McRea nọ n'aka ekpe. " Ndị agha Union guzobere àkwà mmiri n'akụkụ Bayou Fourche, wee gafee n'akụkụ ndịda nke Osimiri Arkansas dị ala. Ebe ọ bụ na ndị agha nọ n'akụkụ ebe ugwu nke osimiri ahụ nọzi n'akụkụ ya, a manyere Ọchịagha Ukwu Price ịhapụ obodo ahụ na Septemba 10, mgbe ọ lụsịrị agha na Bayou Fourche
Ọ dị mma. Ndị agha Price laghachiri Rockport. Mgbe Little Rock dara n'aka ndị agha Union na Septemba 10, 1863, ndị agha ahụ lara na General Price na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Arkansas. Ndị agha ahụ, tinyere ndị agha ndị ọzọ nọ na brigade McRea, nwere ọgba aghara na ndị na-agba ọsọ mgbe ọdịda nke Little Rock gasịrị. Nke a mechara mee ka a chụpụ Brigadier General McRea na ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ ya n'agha wee ziga ha na North East Arkansas iji gbalịa ịkpọghachite ndị agha na ngalaba ha: