<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: 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 qembu, manje elalihamba ngezinyawo, laya eMemphis, eTennessee, lafika ngemva kwamasonto amabili  <response>: Impi YaseShilo. 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. 