 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Brigadier General General Alexander T. Hawthorn, chizvarwa cheCamden, akanga apiwa basa rokuronga kuzvidzivirira kweguta. Kubva muna January kusvika muna March mauto eConfederate nevashandi vevaranda vakashanda kuti vagadzire nhevedzano yemasvingo mashanu, kunyanya kuchengetedza nzira dzekumaodzanyemba nekumadokero dzegungwa kuguta. Major General Frederick Steele, mutungamiri wemauto akanga achigara muLittle Rock, akarayirwa kuti aende kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kuti aite junction neRed River Campaign yaMajor General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, kusundira kutora Shreveport, Louisiana uye pakupedzisira kuwana nzvimbo yeUnion muTexas. Mauto aSteele akabva muLittle Rock musi waMarch 23, 1864, achipfuura nomuguta raiva nevanhu vashoma rokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweArkansas. Kufambira mberi kwake kwakaderedzwa muHondo yePrairie DAneApril 913. Achida zvokudya, Steele akarayira mauto ake kuti aende kuCamden, iyo yavakapamba pana April 15 pashure pokunge yarambwa nenhamba yayo duku yavadziviriri. Munguva pfupi mazuva gumi yekupinda kweUnited States, masvingo akawedzerwa nemamwe makomba uye mabasa epasi. Steele akakurudzirwa kuti afungezve nezvekuenderera mberi kwekugara kweCamden mushure mekunge zvirongwa zvine chekuita nekutengeswa zvadzoserwa kuPoison Spring Kubvumbi 18 uye Marks Mills Kubvumbi 25, uye akabva kuCamden akananga kuLittle Rock musi waApril 26. 