Union Brigadier-General
John W. Davidson commanding the cavalry division of the Union
Army of Arkansas sent the
7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment as his lead regiment to clear the
5th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, under the temporary command of Major John Bull while Colonel
Robert C. Newton was in temporary brigade command, from its position guarding a crossing of the
Arkansas River near
Little Rock, Arkansas. The Union cavalry forced the Confederates to retreat which opened the route to the east of the river, leading to the
Battle of Bayou Fourche on September 10, 1863, and the capture of Little Rock by the Union Army of Arkansas under the command of Major-General
Frederick Steele. The Confederate regiment's casualties were 1 killed, 3 wounded and 2 captured while the Union regiment reported no casualties. == See also == •
List of American Civil War battles •
Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863 == References ==