 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 3 Zvita, Hindman akatanga kurwisa kwakagadzirirwa kupwanya Blunts yakasarudzika 1st Division. Zvisinei, basa rouchenjeri raBlunt rakamunyevera pakarepo uye akadana vashandi vokuwedzera. Pakati pa 3 na 7 December, 2nd na 3rd Divisions pasi paBrigadier General Francis J. Herron vakaita kufamba kunoshamisa kwakamanikidzwa kuti vabatsire Blunt, vachivhara. Mukati meHondo yePrairie GroveBattery E pasi paLieutenant Foust yakanga yakabatanidzwa naColonel William W. Ormes 2nd Brigade muHerrons 3rd Division. Zvimwe zvikamu zve2nd Brigade zvaive 19th Iowa uye 94th Illinois Infantry Regiments, uye 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment. 