 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Union yakatanga kurwisa mhiri kweArkansas mukutanga kwa1862 umo General Samuel Curtis akatungamira mauto padyo neLeetown, pakaitika Hondo yePea Ridge. Pashure pokuwana rukundo rweUnion, Curtis akayambuka nyika yose achienda kuHelena. Curtis akanga ane chinangwa chokubvisa Arkansas muhondo kupfurikidza nokutora Little Rock. Zvisinei, vashandi vakasvika muna 1862 vachitungamirirwa naGeneral William Steele. General Thomas C. Hindman, kunyange zvazvo akanga achangobva kukundwa muHondo yeCotton Plant, akaedza kudzorera kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweArkansas kudzorwa neConfederate. Hondo yePrairie Grovekwakanga kwanyatsooma, asi chikwata chaHindman chakabva chaenda kuVan Buren uye chakadzingwa mudunhu racho chose chose muna December 1862. Mauto eUnion akakunda kurwiswa kweConfederate muHondo yeFayetteville musi waApril 18, 1863, asi vhiki gare gare akasiya Northwest Arkansas ndokudzokera kuMissouri muzhizha. 