The enemy lost more than we in numbers, though less in proportion to his strength.
His position, directly in our rear, would have been fatal to a defeated army in many other localities.

There were numerous small roads, intersecting the great road at right angles.

On these roads the Rebels made their lines of retreat.

Had we sent cavalry in pursuit, the Rebels would have lost heavily in artillery and in their supply train.

As it was, they escaped without material loss, but they suffered a defeat which ultimately resulted in our possession of all Northern Arkansas.
The Rebels retreated across the Boston Mountains to Van Buren and Fort Smith, and were soon ordered thence to join Beauregard at Corinth.
Our army moved to Keytsville, Missouri, several miles north of the battle-ground, where the country was better adapted to foraging, and more favorable to recuperating from the effects of the conflict.
From Keytsville it moved to Forsyth, a small town in Taney County, Missouri, fifty miles from Springfield.