The campaign theatre has been quiet. There was some skirmishing in the western section of Camden again on May 19th, as Brig. Gen. Kraft (with the 19th Missouri and 15th Indiana cavalry) attempted again to take the town from Col. Dibble and the 29th and 30th Arkansas cavalry. Kraft was unsuccessful and retired again to the west of town. They did not engage again on May 20th, but the Federal presence close to town was sufficient to thwart any Confederate recruitment efforts.
In Princeton, a Federal cavalry brigade arrived to find an Arkansas cavalry regiment had been recruiting there. The Confederates quickly fled southward towards Hampton without a fight and are being followed by a Federal regiment. There were no other encounters during the 19th and 20th.
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