 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa17 Kurume 1864, Springfield Illinois Light Artillery yakabatanidzwazve uye yakabatanidzwa muSteeles Camden Expedition kubva musi wa23 Kurume kusvika 3 Chivabvu 1864. Munguva yechiitiko ichi, Vaughns Battery yaiva chikamu chezvombo zvehondo zveFrederick Salomons 3rd Division. Mauto aSteele akanga ane varwi 13 000 avo vanenge 2 500 vakafa. Paive nekurwisana paOkolona musi wa 2 kusvika 3 Kubvumbi. Hondo yePrairie DAnekwakaitika musi wa 9 kusvika 12 April. VII Corps yaSteele yakatora Camden asi haina kukwanisa kuchengetedza nzvimbo yayo nokuti vatasvi vemabhiza veConfederate vakaparadza ngoro mbiri dzinotakura zvinhu paPoison Spring neMarks Mills. Musi waApril 26, mauto aSteele akasiya Camden ndokudzokera kuLittle Rock. Mbiru yeFederal yakasvika Rwizi rweSaline musi wa 29 Kubvumbi uye yakamira apo mainjiniya akavaka bhiriji repontoni pamusoro pemvura yakatsvaira mvura. Hondo yeJenkins Ferry yakarwiwa musi wa 30 April. Kunyange zvazvo vaiva vashoma, varwi vaSolomon vakagadzira nzvimbo dzokuzvidzivirira kumahombekombe okumaodzanyemba uye vakadzorera kumashure kurwisa kweConfederate kwakadzokororwa mangwanani. Mushure mokunge kurwisa kwokupedzisira kwapera na12: 30 masikati, divi raSolomon rakadzokera mhiri kwerwizi ndokuparadza zambuko repontone. VaFederals vakashuma 63 vakaurawa, 413 vakakuvadzwa, uye 45 vakashaika, nepo kudzoka kweConfederate kwakaratidza 86 vakaurawa, 356 vakakuvadzwa, uye mumwe asipo. Mauto aSteele akaramba achidzokera kuLittle Rock. 