 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 16th Missouri yakapedza kupera kwa1864 kumaodzanyemba kweArkansas. Muna March, Parsons akakwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiriri weboka. Chikamu chake chaive nemabrigade aColonels Simon P. Burns naJohn Bullock Clark Jr.; yechi16 Missouri yaive muBurns Brigade. Parsons Division yakatumirwa kunobatsira Major General Richard Taylor, uyo akanga achityisidzirwa neUnion mberi kuRwizi Rutsvuku; mauto anosvika Taylor musi waApril 9. Gare gare zuva iroro, chikwata chacho chakapinda muHondo yePleasant Hill. Chikamu chaParsons, icho chakanga chiri parutivi rworudyi rwemutsetse weConfederate, chakarwisa mutsetse weUnion. Kurwisa kwacho kwakatanga kubudirira, kuchipinda muchikamu chemutsetse weUnion, asi kurwisa kweUnion kwakakunda maConfederates, avo vakadzokera kumashure mune imwe nyonganiso. VaMissouri 16 vakarasikirwa nevarume 25 paPleasant Hill. 