Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Faduwar Vicksburg a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1863 ta 'yantar da isassun sojojin Tarayya don kokarin cin nasarar Little Rock. A watan Agustan 1863, Janar Janar Frederick Steele ya tattara ƙungiyoyi biyu a Helena, Arkansas yayin da Brigadier Janar John Wynn Davidson ya koma kudu daga Missouri tare da ƙungiyar dakarun sojan doki 6,000. A ranar 18 ga watan Agusta, sojojin Steele da suka hada da sojoji 13,000 (ba da daɗewa ba aka karfafa su zuwa 14,500) da kuma bindigogi 57 suka isa DeValls Bluff. Babban Janar na Tarayya Sterling Price ya kare Little Rock tare da sojoji 7,749. Bayan da dakarun dawakai na Davidson suka tsallaka Kogin Arkansas kuma suka kayar da dakarun dawakai na Kungiyar a yakin Bayou Fourche
a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1863, Price ya watsar da Little Rock kuma dakarun Steele sun shiga cikin birnin.