Sii wadida faqradan - Arkansas 34aad ayaa markii danbe ka qeyb gashay difaaca Little Rock bishii Sebtember, 1863, iyadoo ay la socdeen Fagan's Brigade. Horumarka Midowga ee Little Rock waxaa ka soo horjeestay qeybaha Confederate ee General Marmaduke iyo Walker. Ciidamada gumaysigu waxay ku sugnaayeen waqooyiga wabiga Arkansas. Sida laga soo xigtay Kabtan Ethan Allen Pinnell oo ka tirsan Ciidanka 8aad ee Missouri, "Shaqooyinkayagu waxay ka bilaabmaan wabiga Arkansas oo laba mayl ka hooseeya magaalada ilaa qaybta bari ee Crystal Hill, masaafo dhan 6 mayl. Gen'l Fagan's Brig. wuxuu ku jiraa dhinaca midig, Parson wuxuu ku jiraa dhinaca bidix ee Fagan, Frost wuxuu ku jiraa bartamaha iyo McRea wuxuu ku jiraa dhinaca bidix". Ciidamada Midowga waxay ka dhisteen buundo laami ah meel u dhow Bayou Fourche, waxayna u gudbeen dhinaca koonfureed ee Wabiga Arkansas ee aadka u hooseeya. Iyada oo shaqooyinkiisa dhinaca waqooyi ee wabiga ay hadda ku hareereysan yihiin, Major General Price waxaa lagu qasbay inuu ka tago magaalada Sebtember 10, ka dib dagaal kooban oo ka dhacay Bayou Fourche
Waxaad Ciidankii Price ayaa dib ugu laabtay dhanka Rockport. Kornayl Alexander T. Hawthorn ayaa qaatay amarkii guutada dayrta 1863. Guutada waxay qaboobaha 1863-64 ku qaadatay Camden, Gobolka Ouachita.