Battle of 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

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### Military rank

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* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain

### Other

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* w = wounded
* mw = mortally wounded
* k = killed

## Union

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### District of East Arkansas

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MG Benjamin M. Prentiss[1]

Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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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 Light Artillery \- Lt Melvin Wright
* Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery \- Lt John O'Connell

Unattached
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 |

* 2nd Arkansas Colored Infantry \- Maj George 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

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### District of Arkansas

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LTG Theophilus H. Holmes

Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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Price's Division
MG Sterling Price

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

BG Dandridge McRae

* 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col Lucien C. Gause
* 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col John E. Glenn
* 39th (30th) Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col Robert A. Hart (w)
* Arkansas Artillery Battery \- Cpt John G. Marshall

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

BG James F. Fagan

* Hawthorn's Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col Alexander T. Hawthorn
* 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col William H. Brooks
* 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col James P. King
* 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment \- Col Samuel S. Bell (w & c)
* Denson's Cavalry - Cpt William B. Denson
* Arkansas Battery \- Cpt William D. Blocker

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

BG Mosby M. Parsons

* 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment \- Col Levin M. Lewis
* 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment \- Col Simon P. Burns
* 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment \- Col James D. White
* 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment \- Col Alexander C. Pickett
* 9th Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters \- Maj Lebbeus A. Pindall
* 3rd Field Battery Missouri Light Artillery - Cpt Charles 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. Frank Gordon
* 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col Gideon W. Thompson
* Jeans' Cavalry - Col Beal G. Jeans
* 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion - Maj Benjamin Elliott
* Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt Joseph Bledsoe

Second Brigade
K-5, W-7, M-0 = 12

Col Colton Greene

* 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment \- Ltc Leonidas C. Campbell
* 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col William L. Jeffers
* Young's Cavalry Battalion - Ltc Merritt L. Young
* Bell's Missouri Battery - Cpt Charlie O. Bell

Walker's Division
BG Lucius M. Walker

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

* 5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment \- Col Robert C. Newton
* 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment\- Col Archibald S. Dobbins

## See also

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* List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units
* Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
* Confederate Units by State
* Arkansas in the American Civil War
* Arkansas Militia in the Civil War

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Community & Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War In the Ozarks
* Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home Page
* The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture
* The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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