 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokuumbwa, chikwata chacho chakaendeswa nechitima kuCorinth, Mississippi, sechikamu cheArmy of the West. Nhamba yevarwi vechikwata ichi panguva yechisarudzo chaMay 5, 1862 yakaratidza varume 547 muchikamu. Musi waMay 9, 4th Missouri Infantry yakanga iri pedyo nechiito paHondo yeFarmington uye yakashandiswa, asi haina kupinda muhondo. Pashure pokunge maConfederate abvisa Corinth pamusana pekumanikidzwa kweUnited, boka racho rakarovedzwa munzvimbo dzinoverengeka kuchamhembe kweMississippi. Price akanga achitungamirira Hondo yokuMadokero, iyo akanga agere paIuka, Mississippi; Van Dorn akanga ane mauto kumaodzanyemba. MaConfederate akanga achirwisa Kentucky, uye Price naVan Dorn vaitarisirwa kutamira kuTennessee kuzotsigira. Major General Ulysses S. Grant, uyo aive mutungamiri weUnion mudunhu iri, akaedza kubata Price asati abatana naVan Dorn, asi maConfederates akakwanisa kutiza mushure mekurwa Hondo yeIuka. Panguva iyi, 4th Missouri Infantry yakanga iri muBrigadier General Martin E. Greens brigade, iyo yakachengetedzwa uye haina kurwa paIuka. 