Qualla: Battle of Cane Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/k/u/battle-of-cane-hill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Cane Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill Battle of Cane Hill: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Colonel Joseph Shelby's Confederate troopers expected the Union attack to come up the Cincinnati Road on the morning of November 28, 1862. Instead, Brigadier General James Blunt sent his men along the Ridge Road and then the Fayetteville Road, catching Shelby's pickets off guard among the rolling hills and hardwood hollows near Cane Hill, Arkansas. What followed was not the decisive engagement either side wanted -- it was something stranger, a running fight across miles of Ozark terrain where both commanders would claim victory and historians would later compare the result to a hung jury.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/k/u/battle-of-cane-hill-wp/9yku-battle-of-cane-hill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Cane Hill: The Trap That Worked Both Ways https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Confederate Major General Thomas Hindman had a plan. After rebuilding Southern military strength in Arkansas through methods so aggressive they got him removed from district command, Hindman kept a field command and saw an opportunity in the Union's positioning. Blunt's division ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/k/u/battle-of-cane-hill-wp/9yku-battle-of-cane-hill-the-trap-that-worked-both-ways.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Cane Hill: Artillery Against the Mountain https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. The disparity in firepower told the story before a single infantry charge began. Blunt brought thirty artillery pieces to the fight; Marmaduke had six. The Confederates were also short on ammunition and percussion caps. Colonel William Cloud's men led the Union advance and made c...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/k/u/battle-of-cane-hill-wp/9yku-battle-of-cane-hill-artillery-against-the-mountain.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Cane Hill: A Verdict Without a Jury https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Casualties were remarkably light for the scale of the engagement. Union losses stood at roughly six to eight killed and thirty-two to thirty-five wounded. Confederate casualties were similar: about ten killed, sixty-six wounded, and six missing. Historians attribute the low numbe...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/y/k/u/battle-of-cane-hill-wp/9yku-battle-of-cane-hill-a-verdict-without-a-jury.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Cane Hill: Nine Days to Prairie Grove https://qualla.com/battle-of-cane-hill/ Photo credit J IRVINE DUNGAN, Public domain. Blunt made Cane Hill his base of operations. Marmaduke withdrew to Dripping Springs, north of Van Buren. On December 3, Hindman moved his entire army north to attack Blunt's isolated division. But Blunt had anticipated the move, and Brigadier General Francis Herron force-marched ...

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