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| | Civil War Battlefield Guide - -Cane Hill, Arkansas (AR004) , Washington County, November 28, 1862 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | CS Major General Thomas C. Hindman ordered a force of his First Corps cavalry, commanded by CS Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke, to gather food for the army and to prevent Blunt from uniting with the Federals in winter camps near Springfield, Missouri. |
 | | Hindman started moving his corps to stop Blunt and the Federal threat to the Arkansas River valley. |
 | | Marmaduke's cavalry, including CS Colonel Joseph O. "Jo" Shelby's 4th Missouri Cavalry Brigade (soon to be known as the Iron Brigade), rode toward the agricultural area of Cane Hill, a long, low ridge on the northern side of the Boston Mountains. |
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