 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Starke akava Colonel wechi28 Mississippi Cavalry regiment nekomisheni, yaFebruary 24, 1862. Boka rake raive pasi pehutungamiriri hwaBrigadier-General Martin Smith, pakudzivirirwa kweVicksburg, Mississippi, uye munaGunyana rakanga rava nevanhu vanenge 700. Akamira paPanola munaNovember, akapa chiziviso chekufambira mberi kweHoveys expedition kubva kuArkansas, uye panguva iyoyo isina zvibereko nemuvengi, regiment yake yakabatanidzwa mumakwikwi akasiyana-siyana. Kubvira panguva ino mukati mezvirongwa zvenguva refu zvinopfuuridzirwa zvokupfupisa kweVicksburgvarwi vemabhiza veConfederate vakanga vakabatikana nokucherechedza kufamba kwomuvengi. Pakurongwa kwemauto kunze kweVicksburg naGeneral Joseph Johnston iye nehurumende yake vakagoverwa kune brigade yebhiza reBrigadier-General William Jackson, kutanga rakagadzirwa nemarenda ePinson, Harris, Starke, uye Adams uye battalion yaSteede. Muna March 1863, akabatanidzwa mukukunda paThompsons Station, pasi peMajor-General Earl Van Dorn. 