Ku qor sii socodka faqradan - Arkansas 37aad, oo hadda hoos timaada amarka Maj Thomas H. Blacknall, sababo la xiriira qabsashada Kornayl Bell ee Dagaalkii Helena, ayaa markii dambe ka shaqeeyay difaaca Little Rock bishii Sebtember, 1863, oo ay la socdaan 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 Lugta ee Missouri 8aad, "Shaqooyinkayagu waxay ka bilaabmayaan webiga [Arkansas] laba mayl hoos 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.