Helena order of battle

The following Union and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Helena of the American Civil War on July 4, 1863.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union

District of East Arkansas

MG Benjamin M. Prentiss[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

District of East Arkansas
    

Cavalry Brigade
K-5, W-18, M-1 = 24


   Col Powell Clayton

  • 1st Indiana Cavalry and Battery - Ltc Thomas Pace
  • 5th Kansas Cavalry - Ltc Wilton A. Jenkins
Artillery
K-0, W-1, M-0 = 1
  • 3rd Battery, Iowa Artillery - Lt Melvin Wright
  • Battery "K", 1st Missouri Artillery - Lt John O'Connell
Unattached
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0
  • 2nd Arkansas Colored Infantry - Maj G.W. Burchard

1st Division (XIII Corps)[2]
     BG Frederick Salomon

1st Brigade
K-9, W-28, M-5 = 42


   Col William E. McLean

  • 43rd Indiana - Ltc John C. Major
  • 35th Missouri - Ltc Horace Fitch
  • 28th Wisconsin - Ltc Edmund B. Gray
2nd Brigade
K-43, W-99, M-30 = 172


   Col Samuel A. Rice

  • 29th Iowa - Col Thomas Hart Benton II
  • 33rd Iowa - Ltc Cyrus H. Mackey
  • 36th Iowa - Col Charles W. Kittredge
  • 33rd Missouri - Ltc William H. Heath

Confederate

District of Arkansas

LTG Theophilus H. Holmes

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Price's Division
     MG Sterling Price

First Brigade
K-46, W-168, M-133 = 347


   BG Dandridge McRae

Second Brigade
K-47, W-115, M-273 = 435


   BG James F. Fagan

Fourth Brigade
K-59, W-326, M-368 = 753


   BG Mosby M. Parsons

  • 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col L. M. Lewis
  • 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col S. P. Burns
  • 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col J. D. White
  • 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col A. C. Pickett
  • 1st Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters - Maj L. A. Pindall
  • 3rd Field Battery Missouri Light Artillery - Cpt C. B. Tilden

Marmaduke's Division
     BG John S. Marmaduke

First Brigade
K-8, W-37, M-10 = 55


   BG Joseph O. Shelby

  • 5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Ltc B.F. Gordon
  • 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col G.W. Thompson
  • Jeans' Cavalry - Col B.G. Jeans
  • 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion - Maj B. Elliott
  • Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt J. Bledsoe
Second Brigade
K-5, W-7, M-0 = 12


   Col Colton Greene

  • 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Ltc L.C. Campbell
  • 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col. W.L. Jeffers
  • Young's Cavalry Battalion - Lt. Col. M.L. Young
  • Bell's Missouri Battery - Cpt C.O. Bell

Walker's Division
     BG Lucius M. Walker

K-4, W-8, M-0 = 12

See also

References

  1. 28th Wisconsin Regimental History
  2. Salomon's division was attached to the Dist of Eastern Arkansas from the XIII Corps. The rest of the XIII Corps, under General E.O.C. Ord, was engaged at Vicksburg.

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Coordinates: 34°23′25″N 90°52′11″W / 34.39027778°N 90.86972222°W