Helena order of battle

The following Union and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Helena of the American Civil War on July 4, 1863.

Confederate

District of Arkansas
LTG Theophilus H. Holmes
Division Brigade Regiments and Others
Price's Division
MG Sterling Price
1st Brigade
K-46, W-168, M-133 = 347

BG Dandridge McRae
32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col Lucien C. Gause
36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col J. E. Glenn
39th (30th) Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col R. A. Hart (W)
Arkansas Artillery Battery - Cpt John G. Marshall
2nd Brigade
K-47, W-115, M-273 = 435

BG James F. Fagan
6th Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment (A.K.A. 39th Arkansas) - Col A. T. Howthorn
34th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col W. H. Brooks
35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col J. P. King
37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment - Col S. S. Bell (W and Captured)
Denson's Cavalry - Cpt W. B. Denson
Arkansas Battery - Cpt W. D. Blocker
4th Brigade
K-59, W-326, M-368 = 753

BG Mosby M. Parsons
7th Missouri - Col L. M. Lewis
8th Missouri - Col S. P. Burns
9th Missouri - Col J. D. White
10th Missouri - Col A. C. Pickett
1st Battalion, Missouri Sharpshooters - Maj L. A. Pindall
Missouri Artillery Battery - Cpt C. B. Tilden
Marmaduke's Division
BG John S. Marmaduke
1st Brigade
K-8, W-37, M-10 = 55

BG Joseph O. Shelby
5th Missouri Cavalry - Ltc B.F. Gordon
6th Missouri Cavalry - Col G.W. Thompson
Jeans' Cavalry - Col B.G. Jeans
1st Missouri Cavalry Battalion - Maj B. Elliott
Bledsoe's Missouri Battery - Cpt J. Bledsoe
2nd Brigade
K-5, W-7, M-0 = 12

Col Colton Greene
3rd Missouri Cavalry - Ltc L.C. Campbell
8th Missouri Cavalry - Col. W.L. Jeffers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_order_of_battle

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Benjamin R. Allen
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He was listed as:
* POW 7/4/1863 Helena, AR
"I" Co. MO 8th Infantry (Died of smallpox)
Other Information:
Buried: Confederate Cemetery, North Alton, IL
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Research by R. Ross Houston
- Various Cemetery listings on the internet
- Research by John Heseltine

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Alanson M. Bradshore
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
He was listed as:
* POW 7/4/1863 Helena, AR
"I" Co. MO 8th Infantry (Died of smallpox)
Other Information:
Buried: Confederate Cemetery, North Alton, IL

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John W. Frantz
Enlisted as a Private
He was listed as:
* POW 7/4/1863 Helena, AR
MO 8th Infantry
Other Information:
Buried: Confederate Cemetery, North Alton, IL
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Various Cemetery listings on the inter
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Card no. 5 in the files of the 11th Missouri Infantry records:

John W. Franse/Frantz, Private, Company I, Hunter’s Regiment Missouri Infantry, enlisted August 1, 1862 at Van Buren by Capt. Bradley for 3 years, recorded with the 8th Missouri Infantry on the August 31, 1863 muster roll and listed as captured by Major General B. M. Prentiss in battle at Helena, July 4, 1863, now at Alton, Ill., died of Amenia February 6/7, 1864, recorded in Co. I, 8th Regiment among the missing of the 4th Brigade Missouri Vols. at the battle of Helena, Ark. (July 4, 1863), subsequently recorded on the rolls of the 11th Missouri Infantry

Hunter’s Battalion Missouri Infantry, consisting of seven companies had previously served as cavalry, was organized August 31, 1862. The battalion was increased by the addition of other companies and organized as the 2nd; also known as Hunter’s Regiment Missouri Infantry September 15, 1862; it’s designation was changed to the 8th Regiment Missouri Infantry and finally to the 11th Regiment Missouri Infantry

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B. R. Allen, Private, Company I, 8th Missouri Regiment, appears on a list of killed, wounded and missing of the 4th Brigade Missouri Vols., at the battle of Helena, Ark. (July 4, 1863)
List dated Camp Bayou Matoe July 28, 1863.

Note: His index card refers to the 11th Missouri

his card #5 in the files of the 11th Missouri is for Co. I, 8th Missouri Infantry for the period May 1 to Aug 31, 1863 noting:
Absent, Captured in battle at Helena July 4 and now at Alton, Ill.

M322: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri