Sii wadida faqradahan-- 7th Missouri Cavalry waxay u dhoofeen Flat Creek bishii Febraayo 1863. Halkaasna waxay u guureen magaalada Rolla ee gobolka Missouri. Qeybta ayaa ka qeyb qaadatay howlgallada ka dhanka ah duulaankii Marmaduke ee Cape Girardeau laga bilaabo 17 Abriil ilaa 2 May. Guutada waxay joogeen Pilot Knob ilaa bishii July. Qaybta waxaa loo qoondeeyay Guutada 1aad, Qaybta 1aad ee Farsamada, Degmada Koonfur-bari Missouri, Waaxda Missouri bishii Luulyo-Agoosto waxayna ku sugneyd Brownsville, Arkansas 25kii Luulyo. Guutada waxaa loo qoondeeyay Guutada 1aad, Qaybta 1aad ee Fardooleyda, Safarka Arkansas, laga bilaabo Sebtember 1863 ilaa Janaayo 1864. Intii lagu guda jiray duulimaadkii Frederick Steele ee Little Rock, Arkansas, 7th Missouri Cavalry wuxuu qayb ka ahaa Lewis Merrill's 1st Brigade ee John Wynn Davidson's 1st Cavalry Division. Cutubyada kale ee guutada waxay ahaayeen Guutada 2aad ee Missouri iyo Guutada 8aad ee Missouri. Waxaa jiray iska horimaadyo ka dhacay Grand Prairie 17kii Ogosto, Brownsville 25kii Ogosto, iyo Ashley's Mills 7dii Sebtember. Dagaalkii Bayou Fourche wuxuu ahaa kii ugu muhiimsanaa
Bishii Sebtember 10keedii 1863 Steele ayaa ciidankiisa lugta ah ku wareejiyay dhanka waqooyi ee wabiga Arkansas halka ciidanka Davidson ee 6,000 oo askari oo fardooley ah ay u gudbeen dhanka koonfureed. Iyada oo John Montgomery Glover guutada midig iyo guutada Merrill bidix, fardooleyda Davidson waxay dib u riixeen fardooleyda Marmaduke waxayna ku qasbeen Sterling Price's Confederates inay ka baxaan Little Rock.