 Complete the following phrase:  Bent served in the Missouri State Guard with the Confederate Army, fighting at the Battle of Wilsons Creek near Springfield, Missouri, on August 10, 1861; and at the First Battle of Lexington near Lexington, Missouri, on September 20, 1861; both were Confederate victories. As a member of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment, he fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, March 68, 1862, which was a Union victory. When the Missouri cavalry was converted to infantry, Bent became attached to Landis Battery, Missouri Light Artillery, the horse artillery of General Mathew F. Greenes Missouri Brigade; this was part of General Sterling Prices division. His artillery unit participated in the 