Battle of Helena order of battle

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The following Union and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Helena of the American Civil War on July 4, 1863.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Union

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District of East Arkansas

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MG Benjamin M. Prentiss[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

District of East Arkansas
    

Cavalry Brigade
K-5, W-18, M-1 = 24


   Col Powell Clayton

Artillery
K-0, W-1, M-0 = 1
Unattached
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0

1st Division (XIII Corps)[2]
     BG Frederick Salomon

1st Brigade
K-9, W-28, M-5 = 42


   Col William E. McLean

2nd Brigade
K-43, W-99, M-30 = 172


   Col Samuel A. Rice

Confederate

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District of Arkansas

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LTG Theophilus H. Holmes

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Price's Division
     MG Sterling Price

First Brigade
K-46, W-168, M-133 = 347


   BG Dandridge McRae

Second Brigade
K-47, W-115, M-273 = 435


   BG James F. Fagan

Fourth Brigade
K-59, W-326, M-368 = 753


   BG Mosby M. Parsons

Marmaduke's Division
     BG John S. Marmaduke

First Brigade
K-8, W-37, M-10 = 55


   BG Joseph O. Shelby

  • 5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Ltc B. Frank Gordon
  • 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col Gideon W. Thompson
  • Jeans' Cavalry - Col Beal G. Jeans
  • 1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion - Maj Benjamin Elliott
  • Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt Joseph Bledsoe
Second Brigade
K-5, W-7, M-0 = 12


   Col Colton Greene

  • 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Ltc Leonidas C. Campbell
  • 8th Missouri Cavalry Regiment - Col William L. Jeffers
  • Young's Cavalry Battalion - Ltc Merritt L. Young
  • Bell's Missouri Battery - Cpt Charlie O. Bell

Walker's Division
     BG Lucius M. Walker

K-4, W-8, M-0 = 12

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 28th Wisconsin Regimental History
  2. ^ Salomon's division was attached to the Dist of Eastern Arkansas from the XIII Corps. The rest of the XIII Corps, under General E.O.C. Ord, was engaged at Vicksburg.
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