<prompt> Go wa ga Vicksburg ka July 4, 1863 go ile gwa lokolla madira a lekanego a Mmušo go leka go thopa Little Rock. Ka August 1863, Major General wa Union Frederick Steele o ile a kgoboketša dihlopha tše pedi tša bahlabani kua Helena, Arkansas mola Brigadier General John Wynn Davidson a ile a hudugela ka borwa go tšwa Missouri le dihlopha tša bahlabani ba go namela dipere ba banna ba 6 000. Ka August 18, madira a kopantšwego a Steele a mašole a 13 000 gatee-tee a ile a matlafatšwa go fihla go 14 500 le dithuthupi tše 57 di ile tša fihla DeValls Bluff. Major General wa Confederate Sterling Price o ile a šireletša Little Rock ka mašole a 7749. Ka morago ga ge madira a banamedi ba dipere a Davidson a tshetše Noka ya Arkansas gomme a fentše madira a banamedi ba dipere a Confederate Ntweng ya Bayou Fourche  <response>: Ka September 10, 1863, Price o ile a tlogela Little Rock gomme madira a Steele a ile a gwantela motseng. 