 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakurwa kwePrairie GroveMusi waDecember 7, 1862, chikwata ichi chaive chikamu cheJohn G. Clarks 1st Brigade mu 2nd Division. James Totten akatungamirira 2nd Division, asi musi wa 27 November akadanwa kuti ave chapupu padare rehondo muSt Louis. Colonel Huston we7th Missouri Cavalry akatora mutungamiri sezvo akanga ari mukuru mukuru we2nd Division. Varwi vakafara nokuchinja kwavakuru vakuru nemhaka yomufambiro waTotten wokudhakwa uye wokushatirwa. Kutanga mangwanani aDecember 4, simba re2nd Division rakafamba mumigwagwa yakaipa mumamiriro ekunze anotonhora zvakanyanya mukupindura kukumbira kwaBlunt kwekuwedzera. Apo Blunt akakumbira vatasvi vamabhiza, Francis J. Herron 3rd Division uye mukuru mukuru akaumba 1,600 yevatasvi vake muuto rechinguvana pasi paDudley Wickersham uye akaitumira mberi kwevashandi vepamusoro musi wa 6 December. Herron akarayirawo Major Bredett kutora varwi 650 ndokutevera Wickersham. Bredett akaenda namabata maviri e7th Missouri Cavalry uye rimwe boka re6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. 