1月11日上午马克克拉南的部队被部署成弧形,面对辛德曼堡和它的步枪阵地。驻扎在阿肯色河上从西向东的是Steele, Stuart, Smith和Osterhaus率领的四个师。丘吉尔的防御则是由左边James Deshler上校和右边Robert Garland上校各自率领的一个旅组成。
马克克拉南的步兵于下午1:00左右开始进攻,但是在第一次几乎没有取得什么进展。与此同时大卫波特的炮艇在Lindsey上校旅的帮助下向里移动,准备跨河炮击。在一小时之内,堡的东面被夷为平地,其火炮沉默。[7]Steele在西面的攻击则是以Charles E. Hovey与John M. Thayer,还有作为预备队的Francis P. Blair, Jr.的旅为主导的。在东部,在Giles Smith和Thomas Kilby Smith上校的旅的支持下,Stuart与Deshler手下阿肯色和德克萨斯的士兵的步枪阵地相对峙。在中部,在William J. Landram上校的支援下,A.J. Smith以Stephen G. Burbridge准将的旅为先头攻击部队。Burbridge的士兵们被卷入了一场造成了超过本次战役联邦军三分之一伤亡的轻兵器战斗。[6]Osterhaus以A. Sheldon上校的一个单独的旅向堡垒发起了进攻。
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