Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rundunar ta shiga fagen a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1862, tana aiki da sansanonin da ke kusa da Kogin Mississippi a Columbus na mako guda kafin shiga rundunar sojojin Ulysses S. Grant a LaGrange, kuma an haɗa su da XIII Corps. Sun shafe lokacin hunturu suna tsaron hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki da hanyoyin jirgin kasa a kusa da Jackson da Humboldt. Kasancewa a baya yayin da babban karfi ya ci gaba da Kogin Mississippi da kuma Jackson, rundunar ta shiga cikin Siege na Vicksburg a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1863. Sun kasance a lokacin da aka ba da izini a ranar 4 ga Yuli kuma an ba su aiki a Helena. Daga Agusta 1 zuwa farkon Satumba 1863 sun shiga Janar Frederick Steele da tafiyarsa a kan Little Rock. A nan ne suka ga abin da ya faru a
Yaƙin Bayou Fourche inda sojojin Confederate karkashin Janar Sterling Price suka ci nasara kuma sojojin Union sun mallaki yawancin Arkansas.