2PM - Shoup Fires the First Shot

For several hours, the Confederates remained inactive while the Federals perfected their position. Around 1:30, Shoup orders Blocher to “stir things up” and Blocher dutifully fires a howitzer in the direction of Murphy’s Battery on Crawford’s Hill. Murphy responded to Blocher’s shot and one after the other, the six guns of the Battery F fire into action. The Union gunners quickly find the location of Blocher’s battery and smothered it with a “barrage of well placed projectiles.” On the contrary, the Confederates had a hard time finding Murphy’s position and the shelling by Murphy leaves the Confederates fumbling to recover.




For several hours, the Confederates remained inactive while the Federals perfected their position. Around 1:30, Shoup orders Blocher to “stir things up” and Blocher dutifully fires a howitzer in the direction of Murphy’s Battery on Crawford’s Hill. Murphy responded to Blocher’s shot and one after the other, the six guns of the Battery F fire into action. The Union gunners quickly find the location of Blocher’s battery and smothered it with a “barrage of well placed projectiles.” On the contrary, the Confederates had a hard time finding Murphy’s position and the shelling by Murphy leaves the Confederates fumbling to recover.

	- Brooks’s Arkansas Infantry, Col. William H. Brooks, - King’s Arkansas Infantry, Col. James P. King - Pleasants’s Arkansas Infantry, Col. Joseph C. Pleasants - Hawthorn’s Arkansas Infantry, Col. Alexander T. Hawthorn - Chew’s Arkansas Sharpshooter Battalion, Maj. Robert E. Chew - Blocher’s Arkansas Battery, Capt. William D. Blocher	- Morgan’s Arkansas Infantry, Col. Asa S. Morgan - Glenn’s Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. John E. Glenn - Hart’s Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. Robert A. Hart - Young’s Arkansas Infantry, Lt. Col. Charles L. Young - Woodruff’s Arkansas Battery, Capt. John G. Marshall

Shoup's Division consisted of 3200 infantrymen - 1600 men composed Colonel McRae’s brigade and the remaining 1600 formed General Fagan’s Brigade. Shoup's division was the first to establish position on the ridge looking north onto Crawford’s Prairie.