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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

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Union

District of East Arkansas

MG Benjamin M. Prentiss

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 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)
     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

  • 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 A. 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
  • 1st 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
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