Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan mika wuya na Confederate bastion a kan Yuli 4, 1863, da 106th aka canjawa wuri zuwa Helena, Arkansas, a karkashin umurnin Major Janar Frederick Steele. A nan ya shiga cikin ci gaba a kan Little Rock da
Yaƙin Bayou Fourche a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1863, wanda ya tabbatar da Little Rock da kuma mafi yawan Arkansas ga Union. Ga sauran yakin da aka sanya 106th don kula da wuraren tsaro a duk fadin Arkansas, kiyaye zaman lafiya da kuma karewa daga yiwuwar rikice-rikicen rikice-rikice a wannan yanki. Rahoton Illinois Adjutant General ya taƙaita sabis na Illinois na 106 a taƙaice: "Baya ga kewaye da Vicksburg, Rundunar ba ta cikin kowane yaƙe-yaƙe da aka fi sani ba, amma, duk da haka, ta yi rawar da ta taka wajen dakile tawaye, kuma ta sha wahala da wahala da yawa da ke tafiya ta cikin bogs da bayous, kare hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa, dukiyar gwamnati, fada da neman abinci, kamar yadda aka tabbatar da jerin abubuwan da suka mutu".