Battle of Brownsville
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The Battle of Brownsville took place on August 25, 1863, during the Little Rock Campaign of the American Civil War.
The battle took place about seven weeks after the Union victory at the Battle of Helena. The march on Brownsville began around July 31 when U.S. Major-General Ulysses S. Grant ordered Federal troops to begin moving towards Clarendon and then DeValls Bluff. Troop movements began under Brigadier-General John W. Davidson. Davidson had 6,000 cavalrymen and sixteen artillery pieces.
At Brownsville 1,300 Confederate cavalrymen under the command of Brigadier-General John S. Marmaduke guarded the approach to Little Rock. The two forces met on the morning of August 25th. The Confederates fell back about six miles during the battle.
