<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva nje kweMpi yaseHelena, uMajor General uBenjamin Prentiss, owayephethe amabutho e-Union e-Arkansas, wathathelwa isikhundla nguMajor General uFrederick Steele; ibutho lakhe laqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Army of Arkansas. USteele, isikhulu esingumakadebona nesinekhono esasizibonakalise siphumelela ngaphansi komyalo kaJenene uWilliam T. Sherman eMkhankasweni waseVicksburg, ngokushesha wahamba wayothatha inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe sase-Arkansas eLittle Rock. Ihamba iye ngasentshonalanga, ibutho le-Federal lalahla eceleni ukumelana kwe-Confederate eMpini yaseBayou Fourche  <response>: ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi iMpi YaseLittle Rock, futhi yahlala eLittle Rock ngo-10 Septhemba 1863. 