<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kuka - 1862, uRoss wabuyela emsebenzini. Ngasekupheleni kukaFebruary, yena namabutho angu-500 babelwa ukuhlasela i-Union Army. Wahola leli qembu ngemuva kwemigqa yezitha, eKeetsville manje eyiWashburn, eMissouri, lapho baqoqa khona ulwazi, bacekela phansi izinqola eziningi zokuphakelwa kwe-commissary, bathatha amahhashi nezimbongolo ezingama-60, futhi bathatha iziboshwa eziyi-11. Ngenyanga elandelayo, i-regiment yabelwa u-Earl Van Dorn, manje owayeseyi-major general, uRoss ayesebenze naye ngesikhathi sempi eWichita Village. Ngaphansi kukaVan Dorn, leli qembu lahlulwa eMpini yasePea Ridge; uRoss wathi ukulahleka kwabo kwakungenxa kaVan Dorn kuphela, futhi wamsola ngokuhamba ngokweqile nangokudla okuncane amabutho akhe, nangokwehluleka ukuxhumanisa kahle uhlelo lokuhlasela. Ngo - April, leli qembu lathunyelwa eDes Arc, e - Arkansas. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kokudla, ibutho likaRoss elihamba ngamahhashi lathola umyalo wokwehla ezindlini zamahhashi futhi libuyisele amahhashi alo eTexas. Leli butho, manje elalihamba ngezinyawo, laya eMemphis, eTennessee, lafika ngemva kwamasonto amabili ngemva kweMpi YaseShilo  <response>: . futhi. Ngokushesha uRoss wathola umkhuhlane owawuhambisana nomkhuhlane ohlala isikhathi eside, futhi wagula kakhulu amasonto ayisishiyagalombili. Ngesikhathi ezibheka njengoselaphekile, isisindo sakhe sase sehle saba amakhilogremu angu-57 kuphela. 