 Bent akashanda muMissouri State Guard neConfederate Army, achirwa paHondo yeWilsons Creek pedyo neSpringfield, Missouri, musi waAugust 10, 1861; uye paHondo Yokutanga yeLexington pedyo neLexington, Missouri, musi waSeptember 20, 1861; zvose zvaiva kukunda kweConfederate. Senhengo ye1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment, akarwa muhondo yePea Ridge muArkansas, Kurume 68, 1862, yaive kukunda kweUnion. Apo mauto eMissouri akachinjwa kuva mauto ehondo, Bent akabatanidzwa neLandis Battery, Missouri Light Artillery, mabhiza ehondo yeGeneral Mathew F. Greenes Missouri Brigade; ichi chaive chikamu cheGeneral Sterling Prices division. Chikwata chake chemapurisa chakabatanidzwa mukukombauye kudzokera shure kubva kuCorinth, Mississippi, uko kwakaramba kuri shure kuti kufukidze kudzokera shure kwevaConfederate 66 000 vaitungamirirwa naPGT Beauregard. 