From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture.
It was led by Lt. Col. William H. Raynor and Col. Starke and consisted of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers and the 1st Iowa Battery of Colonel Starke's brigade.
They fought an unidentified Confederate guerrilla band.
Casualties: U.S.-- none
Confederate-- 1 killed, 1 wounded, 1 captured.
Two steamboats, the White Cloud and Iatan, carried the troops and were escorted by the USS Pittsburg.
It was a Union victory.
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