Top row lt. to rt.: Col. W.F. Cloud, Capt. S.J. Crawford, Gen. Blunt (all U.S.). After the war Cloud went back to ministry, Crawford was Governor of Kansas, and Blunt was stricken with mental illness. Second row: Steamboats moved troops and supplies along the Arkansas River, often drawing cannon fire from their enemies. U.S. Capt. E.T. Lines (ctr) seemed to prophesy his death at the hands of C.S.A. Gen. Cabell's quickly assembled ambush below the Devil's Backbone. Bottom: Gen. Phillips (lt.) recruited Gen. Stand Watie (ctr) to lead Cherokees from the Indian Territories against the Union, deeply dividing the tribe. These Confederate leaders, along with Gen. Marmaduke (rt), were common opponents of the Union in the Trans Mississippi West.