Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọdịda nke Vicksburg na July 4, 1863 tọhapụrụ ndị agha Federal zuru ezu iji nwaa imeri Little Rock. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1863, Onye isi ndị agha Union Frederick Steele chịkọtara ngalaba ndị agha abụọ na Helena, Arkansas ebe Brigadier General John Wynn Davidson si na Missouri kwaga ndịda na ngalaba ndị agha 6,000. Ka ọ na-erule August 18, ndị agha Steele jikọtara ọnụ nke ndị agha 13,000 (n'oge na-adịghị anya e wusiri ike na 14,500) na ngwa agha 57 ruru DeValls Bluff. Ọchịagha ndị Confederate bụ Major General Sterling Price ji ndị agha 7,749 chebe Little Rock. Mgbe ndị agha Davidson gafere Osimiri Arkansas ma merie ndị agha Confederate na
Agha nke Bayou Fourche na Septemba 10, 1863, Price hapụrụ Little Rock na ndị agha Steele wee banye n'obodo ahụ.