Wax yar ka dib Dagaalkii Helena, Major General Benjamin Prentiss, oo ah taliyaha ciidamada Midowga ee Arkansas, waxaa lagu beddelay Major General Frederick Steele; ciidankiisa waxaa loo beddelay Ciidanka Arkansas. Steele, oo ahaa sarkaal khibrad iyo karti leh oo si wanaagsan isu soo bandhigay amarkii General William T. Sherman ee Ololaha Vicksburg, ayaa isla markiiba bilaabay inuu qabsado caasimadda gobolka Arkansas ee Little Rock. Ciidanka Federaalka ayaa galbeedka u dhaqaaqay, waxayna ka adkaadeen ciidanka is hortaagan ee isbahaysiga ee Bayou Fourche
(mararka qaarkood waxaa loo yaqaanaa Dagaalkii Little Rock), waxayna qabsadeen Little Rock 10kii Sebtember 1863.