Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kirkiro sojojin Arkansas a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 1863, tare da Manjo Janar Frederick Steele a cikin umurnin. An kirkiro sojojin ne bayan nasarar da kungiyar ta yi a Vicksburg da Helena, dukansu sun faru ne a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1863, wanda ya haifar da cikakken karfafa ikon tarayya na Kogin Mississippi da kuma damar da za a kama Little Rock da kuma fara kokarin kwantar da hankali don dawo da Arkansas zuwa Union. Ya ƙunshi sojoji a yankunan da Union ta mallaka na jihar Arkansas. Janar Steele ya jagoranci sojojin a cikin manyan yakin basasa guda biyu: Ƙungiyar Little Rock
da kuma Camden Expedition. A Little Rock sojojin sun ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi uku a ƙarƙashin John W. Davidson, Adolph Englemann da Samuel A. Rice.