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
Military rank LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Union
District of East Arkansas
MG Benjamin M. Prentiss28th Wisconsin Regimental History
Division Brigade Regiments and othersDistrict of East Arkansas Cavalry BrigadeK-5, W-18, M-1 = 24
Col Powell Clayton 1st Indiana Cavalry and Battery - Ltc Thomas Pace 5th Kansas Cavalry - Ltc Wilton A. Jenkins ArtilleryK-0, W-1, M-0 = 1 3rd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery - Lt Melvin Wright Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery - Lt John O'ConnellUnattachedK-0, W-0, M-0 = 02nd Arkansas Colored Infantry - Maj George W. Burchard1st Division (XIII Corps)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.
BG Frederick Salomon 1st BrigadeK-9, W-28, M-5 = 42
Col William E. McLean 43rd Indiana - Ltc John C. Major 35th Missouri - Ltc Horace Fitch 28th Wisconsin - Ltc Edmund B. Gray 2nd BrigadeK-43, W-99, M-30 = 172
Col Samuel A. Rice 29th Iowa - Col Thomas Hart Benton II 33rd Iowa - Ltc Cyrus H. Mackey 36th Iowa - Col Charles W. Kittredge 33rd Missouri - Ltc William H. Heath
Confederate
District of Arkansas
LTG Theophilus H. Holmes
Division Brigade Regiments and othersPrice's Division
MG Sterling Price First BrigadeK-46, W-168, M-133 = 347
BG Dandridge McRae 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col Lucien C. Gause 36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col John E. Glenn 39th (30th) Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col Robert A. Hart (w) Arkansas Artillery Battery - Cpt John G. Marshall Second BrigadeK-47, W-115, M-273 = 435
BG James F. Fagan Hawthorn's Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col Alexander T. Hawthorn 34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col William H. Brooks 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col James P. King 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col Samuel S. Bell (w & c) Denson's Cavalry - Cpt William B. Denson Arkansas Battery - Cpt William D. Blocker Fourth BrigadeK-59, W-326, M-368 = 753
BG Mosby M. Parsons 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col Levin M. Lewis 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col Simon P. Burns 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col James D. White 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment - Col Alexander C. Pickett 9th Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters - Maj Lebbeus A. Pindall 3rd Field Battery Missouri Light Artillery - Cpt Charles B. TildenMarmaduke's Division
BG John S. Marmaduke First BrigadeK-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 BrigadeK-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. BellWalker's Division
BG Lucius M. Walker K-4, W-8, M-0 = 12 5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment - Col Robert C. Newton 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment- Col Archibald S. Dobbins
See also List of orders of battle
References