<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - I-Springfield Illinois Light Artillery yalwa eMpini yaseBayou Fourche  <response>: nokuhlaselwa kweLittle Rock okwalandela ngo-September 10. Kusihlwa ngo-September 9, onjiniyela bakaHulumeni baqala ukwakha ibhuloho le-ponton eTerrys Ferry eMfuleni i-Arkansas engaphansi kweLittle Rock. Ngakusasa ekuseni, leli bhuloho ladubulelwa ngamasosha ase-Confederate, kodwa ngokushesha lavalwa umlomo ngokushaywa ngamabhomu okuhlangana kwamabhethri amaningi ase-Union athunyelwe ogwini olusenyakatho. Ngo-10: 00 ekuseni, ibutho laseNyakatho lase livikele ibhuloho elingasogwini oluseningizimu futhi ibutho likaDavidson laqala ukuwela. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uSteele wathuthuka ngasogwini olusenyakatho neningi lempi yakhe ukuze abhekane nezivikelo zikaPrice. Ogwini oluseningizimu, amabutho kaDavidson ngaphansi kukaJohn Montgomery Glover noLewis Merrill athuthela entshonalanga eBayou Fourche lapho uJohn S. Marmaduke ahlela khona isikhundla sokuzivikela. Esekelwa ukudubula kwezikhali ezivela ogwini olusenyakatho loMfula i-Arkansas, ibutho likaGlover laphendukela ohlangothini lwesobunxele lwe-Confederate. Lapho uPrice ebona ukuthi izivikelo zakhe ezisogwini olusenyakatho zazigqagqene ngokuqhubekela phambili kweNyunyana ngasogwini oluseningizimu, wayala ukuba iLittle Rock ikhishwe. 