After Newtonia

The Army was now to scatter by order, and bring itself down to it's running weight, and Regiments, Battalions and Brigades filed left at every cross road.
We pushed along at a good speed until we reached Cane Hill Arkansas on Nov 1st, and here we rested while Gen Fagan went to attack Fayetteville. He took with him a section of Collin's Battery and a portion of Elliot's Regiment but failed to effect anything. When we reached Cane hill it was very cold and the snow fell several inches deep, and as I had on the same summer clothes that I had come from the prison ship at Charleston with and they were literally in rags, I was nearly frozen.

Then Thompson tells a story about how Arthur McCoy stole a pair of pants for him

There was a small ration of flour issued at Cane Hill and from this point to Perryville there was no bread of any kind for the Army and very few of the Officers could obtain a single ration.
Much dissatisfaction had existed after the burning of the train on the Marmiton, by the wagons filled with Negro's that were being carried out by different persons, and as these wagons were also used to haul the few pounds of flour that these persons secured on the road, or from the commissaries, the Negro's would sometimes have bread when the soldiers did not, and many hard things were said, and as in some instances sick and wounded men were left behind for want of transportation.
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The night after crossing the Arkansas Thompson's horse was stolen and then he had to walk.
They were trying to save the battery as it was the only one left and it required fresh horses every day.
Ten days after leaving Cane hill they turned off on Canadian Fork

This is about all he has on Cane Hill