1863
Jan. 1: Affair near Helena
IOWA--28th Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 27 missing.
KANSAS--9th Cavalry.
Jan. 2: Skirmish, White Springs
Irregulars.
Jan. 4-6: Scout from Ozark Mountains to Dubuque
(No Reports.)
Jan. 4-11: Expedition against Arkansas Post
ILLINOIS--3d Cavalry; Thielman's Cavalry Battalion; Kane County Cavalry Company, Batteries "A" and "B" and "H" 1st Light Arty.; Chicago Mercantile Battery Light Arty; 13th, 55th, 77th, 97th, 108th, 113th, 116th, 118th 127th and 131st Infantry. INDIANA--4th Cavalry (Co. "C"); 16th, 49th, 54th, 60th, 67th, 69th, 83d and 89th Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st and 34th Infantry. KENTUCKY--7th, 19th and 22d Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "G" 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry (Co. "C"); Landgraeber's Battery Flying Arty; 3d, 6th, 8th, 12th, 17th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO--4th, 8th and 17th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty; 16th 42d, 48th, 54th, 57th, 76th, 83d, 96th, 114th and 120th Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st Battery Light Arty.; 23d Infantry; UNITED STATES--13th Infantry.
IOWA--1st Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Jan. 10-11: Engagement and capture, Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post
ILLINOIS--3d Cavalry; Thielman's Cavalry Battalion; Kane County Cavalry Company, Batteries "A," "B" and "H" 1st Light Arty.; Chicago Mercantile Battery Light Arty; 13th, 55th, 77th, 97th, 108th, 113th, 116th, 118th, 127th and 131st Infy. INDIANA--4th Cav. (Co. "C"); 16th, 49th, 54th, 60th, 67th, 69th, 83d and 89th Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty; 4th 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st and 34th Infantry. KENTUCKY--7th, 19th, and 22d Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "G" 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry (Co. "C"); Landgraeber's Battery Flying Arty.; 3d, 6th, 8th, 12th, 17th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO--4th, 8th and 17th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 16th, 42d, 48th, 54th, 57th, 76th, 83d, 96th, 114th, and 120th infantry. WISCONSIN--1st Battery Light Arty.; 23d Infantry. UNITED STATES--13th Infantry. Union loss, 134 killed, 898 wounded, 29 missing and captured. Total, 1061.
WISCONSIN--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded, 9 missing. Total, 11.
(No Reports.)
ILLINOIS--3d Cavalry (2 Cos.); Kane Co. Cavalry Company. INDIANA--4th Cavalry (Co. "C"). MISSOURI--6th Cavalry (Squadron). OHIO--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
Jan. 13-19: Expedition from Helena up White River
INDIANA--11th, 24th and 34th Infantry. U. S. Gunboat "DeKalb." Capture of Saint Charles, Clarendon, Devall's Bluff and Des Arc.
Jan.: Skirmish near Maysville
KANSAS--3d Indian Home Guard.
Jan. 14-15: Exp. to South Bend, Arkansas River
OHIO--57th Infantry. WISCONSIN--20th Infantry (Detachment).
Jan. 15: Skirmish, Clarendon Road near Helena
WISCONSIN--2d Cavalry.
(No Reports.)
INDIANA--24th Infantry; U. S. Gunboat "DeKalb."
Jan. 18: Occupation of Des Arc
INDIANA--24th Infantry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry (Detachment).
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Jan. 26: Skirmish, Mulberry Springs
ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry.
Feb. 2-3: Skirmishes, Vine Prairie, and mouth of Mulberry River
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachments). Union loss, 3 killed, 2 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 6.
IOWA--3d Cavalry. MISSOURI--3d and 4th Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
(No Reports.)
Feb. 5-12: Scout from Fayetteville to Arkansas River
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry (Detachment).
Feb. 6: Skirmish, Thelkeld's Ferry
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry (Detachment).
(No Reports.)
Feb. 10: Skirmish near Van Buren
ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry (Detachment).
(No Reports.)
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 6.
Feb. 19: Skirmish, Cypress Bend
INDIANA--16th Infantry (Detachment). MISSOURI--6th Cavalry (Detachment). OHIO--17th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. WISCONSIN--26th Infantry.
Feb. 19: Burning of Hopewell
ILLINOIS--63d Infantry (Cos. "C," "D," "E," "F").
KANSAS--1st Indian Home Guard.
Feb. 24-April 8: Expedition from Helena to Yazoo Pass, by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass, and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers
ILLINOIS--2d Cavalry (Co. "E"); 56th, 73d and 93d Infantry. INDIANA--43d, 46th, 47th, 48th and 59th Infantry. IOWA--3d Battery Light Arty.; 5th, 10th, 17th, 24th, 28th, 29th, 33d, and 36th Infantry. MINNESOTA--4th Infantry. MISSOURI--5th Cavalry (Co. "C"); Batteries "A" and "M" 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 12th, 17th, 24th, 26th and 33d Infantry. OHIO--11th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 80th Infantry. WISCONSIN--6th and 12th Batteries Light Arty.; 28th Infantry; U. S. Gunboats "Chillicothe" and "DeKalb."
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
March 4: Skirmish, Yellville
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
(No Reports.)
March 5-12: Exp. from Helena up St. Francis and Little Rivers
INDIANA--24th Infantry (Detachment). IOWA--3d Cavalry (Detachment). OHIO--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
March 6-10: Expedition from Helena to Big and Little Creeks and Skirmishes
IOWA--3d and 4th Cavalry (Detachments). KANSAS--5th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 3.
March 9: Skirmish, Madison
INDIANA--24th Infantry (Detachment). IOWA--3d Cavalry (Detachment). OHIO--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
March 9: Skirmish, Chalk Bluff
MISSOURI--2d State Militia Cavalry.
March 15: Skirmish, Chalk Bluff
MISSOURI--2d State Militia Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
March 22: Skirmish near Head White River
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
March 29-April 5: Scouts from Fayetteville
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachments).
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
March 31: Skirmish, Clapper's Saw Mill, Crooked Creek
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry (Detachment).
April 1: Skirmish, Chalk Bluff
MISSOURI--2d State Militia Cavalry. Loss, 25 missing.
April 1: Skirmish near Clarendon
(No Reports.)
April 2: Skirmish, Little Rock Road
KANSAS--5th Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 4 killed, 1 wounded, 15 missing. Total, 20.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Cos. "H," "L"). Loss, 1 wounded.
April 4: Skirmish, Madison
IOWA--3d Cavalry.
IOWA--4th Cavalry.
April 8: Skirmish, St. Francis County
IOWA--4th Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry; 1st Infantry. Union loss, 4 killed, 26 wounded, 51 missing. Total, 81.
MISSOURI--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
April 26: Skirmish, Jackson
MISSOURI--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty.
May 1: Skirmish, Chalk Bluff
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry; 2d State Militia Cavalry.
IOWA--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 3 killed, 9 wounded, 30 missing. Total, 42.
May 2: Skirmish, Chalk Bluff
ILLINOIS--37th Infantry.
May 6-15: Scout to White and St. Francis Rivers
(No Reports.)
KANSAS--5th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 14 wounded. Total, 15.
May 11: Skirmish, Taylor's Creek, Crowley's Ford
INDIANA--1st Cavalry.
KANSAS--3d Indian Home Guard.
May 21-30: Scout from Cassville, through N. W. Ark. to Newton and Jasper Counties
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
May 23-26: Expedition from Helena to Napoleonville
ARKANSAS--2d Colored Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry (Detachment). IOWA--36th Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 wounded.
May 25: Skirmish, Polk's Plantation near Helena
IOWA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). Union loss, 5 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 7.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
(No Reports.)
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
MISSOURI--1st Infantry; Miss. Marine Brigade.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
June 25: Skirmish, Madison
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
ILLINOIS--5th Cavalry. OHIO--4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. WISCONSIN--25th Infantry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
IOWA--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
July 4: Attack on Helena. (Holmes')
ARKANSAS--2d Colored Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry; 43d Infantry. IOWA--3d Battery Light Arty.; 29th, 33d and 36th Infantry. KANSAS--5th Cavalry. MISSOURI--Battery "K" 1st Light Arty.; 33d and 35th Infantry. WISCONSIN--28th Infantry. Union loss, 57 killed, 146 wounded, 36 missing and captured. Total, 239.
MISSOURI--7th Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
Aug. 1-Sept. 14: Exp. against Little Rock (Steele's)
ILLINOIS--3d (Co. "D"); 10th, 12th, and 13th Cavalry; Kane Co. Cavalry Company; Vaughan's Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 18th, 43d, 49th, 54th, 61st, 62d, 106th and 126th Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry; 43d and 50th Infantry. IOWA--1st and 3d Cavalry; 3d Battery Light Arty.; 27th, 29th, 32d, 33d, 36th and 40th Infantry. KANSAS--5th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--12th Infantry. MINNESOTA--3d Infantry. MISSOURI--1st, 2d, 3d, 7th and 8th Cavalry; Battery "K" 1st Light Arty.; Batteries "K" and "M" 2d Light Arty. OHIO--5th, 11th, and 25th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 22d and 77th Infantry. WISCONSIN--27th and 28th Infantry.
Aug. 3-8: Scout to Yellville
(No Reports.)
Aug. 3-16: Expedition up White and Little Red Rivers
IOWA--32d Infantry (Cos. "A," "D," "F," "G"); U. S. Gunboats "Lexington," "Cricket" and "Marmora."
IOWA--32d Infantry (Cos. "A," "D," "F," "G"); U. S. Gunboats "Lexington" "Cricket" and "Marmora." Union loss, 2 killed, 7 wounded. Total, 9.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Aug. 16: Skirmish, Harrison's Landing
ILLINOIS--13th Cavalry. IOWA--32d Infantry (Cos. "A," "D," "F," "G").
Aug. 17: Skirmish, Grand Prairie
ILLINOIS--10th and 13th Cavalry. OHIO--25th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. MISSOURI--2d, 7th and 8th Cavalry. Loss, 1 wounded.
Aug. 22-23: Actions, Pocahontas
ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry. MISSOURI--2d State Militia Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry (Detachment). KANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 5 missing.
MISSOURI--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
IOWA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--2d, 7th and 8th Cavalry. Union loss, 13 killed, 72 wounded. Total, 85.
Aug. 26: Skirmish near Bayou Metoe
IOWA--1st Cavalry; 3d Battery Light Arty. MISSOURI--Clarkson's Battery "K"; 2d Light Arty; 2d Cavalry; Lovejoy's 2d Cavalry Howitzer Battery. Union loss, 1 killed.
Aug. 27: Action, Bayou Metoe or Reed's Bridge
ILLINOIS--10th and 13th Cavalry. IOWA--1st and 3d Cavalry; 32d Infantry (Cos. "A," "D," "F," "G"). MISSOURI--2d. 3d and 8th Cavalry; Clarkson's Battery "K" 2d Light Arty.; Lovejoy's 2d Cavairy Howitzer Battery. Union loss. 7 killed, 38 wounded. Total, 45.
MISSOURI--2d and 8th Cavalry; Lovejoy's 2d Cavalry Howitzer Battery.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Aug. 30: Skirmish, Shallow Ford, Bayou Metoe
ILLINOIS--13th Cavalry. IOWA--3d Cavalry; 32d Infantry (Cos. "A," "D." "F." "G"). MISSOURI--1st Cavalry; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty. Union loss, 5 missing.
MISSOURI--6th and 8th State Militia Cavalry.
Sept. 1: Action, Devil's Back Bone, Back Bone Mountain, Fort Smith
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry. INDIANA--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KANSAS--2d Cavalry. MISSOURI--6th Cavalry; 8th State Militia Cavalry. Union loss, 4 killed, 12 wounded. Total, 16.
Sept. 1: Skirmish, Cotton Gap
MISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry.
Sept. 1: Occupation of Fort Smith
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Sept. 2: Skirmish near Shallow Ford
MISSOURI--1st Cavalry.
(No Reports.)
Sept. 5: Skirmish near Maysville
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded, 23 missing. Total, 26.
Sept. 7: Skirmish, Ashley's Mills, Bear Skin Lake or Ferry Landing
MISSOURI--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 4.
Sept. 7: Skirmish, Ferry Landing
MISSOURI--8th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--2d and 6th State Militia Cavalry (Detachments); 8th Provisional Enrolled Militia (Detachment).
INDIANA--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Sept. 10: Engagement, Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
ILLINOIS--3d (Co. "D"); 10th, 12th and 13th Cavalry; Kane County Cavalry Co.; Vaughan's Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 18th, 43d, 49th, 54th, 61st 62d, 106th and 126th Infantry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry; 43d and 50th Infantry. IOWA--1st and 3d Cavalry; 3d Battery Light Arty.; 27th, 29th, 32d, 33d, 36th, and 40th Infantry. KANSAS--5th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--12th Infantry. MINNESOTA--3d Infantry. MISSOURI--1st, 2d, 3d, 7th and 8th Cavalry; Lovejoy's 2d Cavalry Howitzer Batty.; Clarkson's Battery "K." 2d Light Artillery; Battery "K" 1st Light Arty.; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty. OHIO--5th, 11th and 25th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 22d and 77th Infantry. WISCONSIN--27th and 28th Infantry. Union loss, 7 killed, 64 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 72.
Sept. 11-13: Pursuit of Price
ILLINOIS--10th and 13th Cavalry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--2d, 7th and 8th Cavalry; Clarkson's Battery "K," 2d Light Arty.; Lovejoy's 2d Cavalry Howitzer Battery.
Sept. 11: Skirmish, Waldron
KANSAS--14th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3.
Sept. 11: Skirmish near Little Rock
ILLINOIS--10th and 13th Cavalry. INDIANA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--2d, 7th and 8th Cavalry; Clarkson's Battery "K," 2d Light Arty.; Lovejoy's 2d Cavalry Howitzer Battery. Union loss, 1 wounded.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Sept. 12: Skirmish near Brownsville
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry.
Sept. 23: Skirmish, Bayou Metoe Bridge
(No Reports.)
Sept. 27: Skirmish, Moffatt's Station
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 killed, 2 wounded, 15 missing. Total, 19.
Oct. 1: Skirmish, Elizabethtown
IOWA--1st Cavalry.
Oct. 2: Skirmish, Vance's Store
IOWA--1st Cavalry.
Oct. 6: Skirmish, Fort Blair, Waldron
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
Oct. 7: Skirmish, Ferry's Ford
OHIO--25th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
(No Reports.)
Oct. 7-10: Scout to Spring River Country
(No Reports.)
Oct. 10: Skirmish, Tulip
KANSAS--5th Cavalry.
Oct. 12: Affair, McGuire's
(No Reports.)
Oct. 11-14: Demonstration against Fayetteville
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Oct. 12: Skirmish, Tulip
INDIANA--1st Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--6th and 8th State Militia Cavalry.
INDIANA--1st Cavalry. KANSAS--5th Cavalry. Union loss, 16 killed, 39 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 56.
Oct. 26: Skirmish, Francis Road, Helena
Picket Attack.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Oct. 27: Skirmish, Tulip
(No Reports.)
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
Oct. 29: Skirmish, Ozark
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry.
Nov. 2: Skirmish, Bate's Township
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
WISCONSIN--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed.
Nov. 9: Skirmish near Huntsville
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Nov. 10: Skirmish near Kingston
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
Nov. 10-18: Expedition from Benton to Mt. Ida
IOWA--3d Cavalry; 32d Infantry. MISSOURI--1st and 7th Cavalry.
Nov. 11: Skirmish, Caddo Gap
MISSOURI--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 3 wounded.
Nov. 11: Skirmish, Fourche le Aix Mts
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Nov. 12: Skirmish, Roseville
KANSAS--2d Cavalry (2 Cos.). Union loss, 1 killed, 5 missing. Total, 6.
Nov. 13: Skirmish, Mount Ida
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
Nov. 14-17: Expedition from Helena
ILLINOIS--10th Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry.
Nov. 19: Skirmish, DeGreen's Farm, near Lawrenceville
MISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry (Detachment).
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry (Co. "E").
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Dec. 1: Skirmish near Benton
IOWA--3d Cavalry (Detachment). MISSOURI--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 3 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 5.
MISSOURI--8th Cavalry (Detachment).
ARKANSAS--1st Infantry (Co. "C"). INDIANA--2d Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section). KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
KANSAS--2d Cavalry.
Dec. 5-13: Reconn, from Little Rock
IOWA--1st and 3d Cavalry. MISSOURI--1st, 3d (1st Battalion) and 7th Cavalry. OHIO--25th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
IOWA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--7th Cavalry.
Dec. 9-14: Scout from Waldron down Dutch Creek
(No Reports.)
Dec. 11-13: Scout from Waldron to Dallas
(No Reports.)
MISSOURI--8th Cavalry. Union loss, 2 wounded.
: Skirmish, Merriweather Ferry, Bayou Boeuf
ILLINOIS--4th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--3d Colored Cavalry.
Dec. 14: Skirmish, Caddo Mill
KANSAS--2d Cavalry (Cos. "G," "K").
ARKANSAS--2d Infantry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
MISSOURI--3d Cavalry.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 wounded.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 4 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 8.
Dec. 26: Skirmish, Barronsville, Searcy County
ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment).
Dec. 26, 1863-Jan. 2, 1864: Scout from Forsythe to Batesville
MISSOURI--8th State Militia Cavalry (Detachment).
Dec. 29: Skirmish, Waldron
KANSAS--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.
ARKANSAS--1st Cavalry.
