<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwa1862, Ross akadzokera kubasa. Pakupera kwaFebruary, iye nevarwi 500 vakapiwa basa rokurwisa Hondo yeUnion. Akatungamirira boka racho shure kwemitsetse yomuvengi, kuKeetsville zvino Washburn, Missouri, uko vakaunganidza ruzivo, vakaparadza ngoro dzinoverengeka dzakanga dzakatakura zvinhu zvechivigiro, vakabata mabhiza 60 nemanyurusi, uye vakatora vasungwa 11. Mwedzi wakatevera, hurumende yakapiwa kuna Earl Van Dorn, zvino mukuru mukuru, uyo Ross akanga ashanda naye panguva yehondo paWichita Village. Pasi paVan Dorn, boka racho rakarohwa muhondo yepea Ridge; Ross akati Van Dorn ndiye chete akaita kuti vakundwe, uye akamupomera mhosva yekunyanyisa kufamba uye kusadya zvakanaka mauto ake, uye kutadza kuronga zvakanaka hurongwa hwekurwisa. Muna April, boka racho rakatumirwa kuDes Arc, Arkansas. Nemhaka yokushomeka kwezvokudya, uto raRoss raiva nevatasvi vemabhiza rakarayirwa kuti riburuke pabhiza raro ndokudzorera mabhiza avo kuTexas. Boka racho, zvino richifamba netsoka, rakaenda kuMemphis, Tennessee, richisvika vhiki mbiri pashure pokunge  <response>: Hondo yeShiro. Ross akakurumidza kubatwa nechando chakakomba chaiperekedzwa nefivha inopfuurira, uye akanga achirwara zvikuru kwevhiki sere. Panguva yaaifunga kuti apora, uremu hwake hwakanga hwaderera kusvika pamakirogiramu 57 chete. 