Total Losses on July 2nd

THE WAR IN ARKANSAS III is starting a new day, July 3rd 1864.  On the previous day, there was not much fighting in proportion to the size of the armies in the campaign theatre. The Army of the Arkansas 6th Division under Brig. Gen. B. Adams made a fighting withdrawal from Raymond to Lambert, including a rear guard action at Beaton. He engaged the Department of the Eastern Frontier's 1st and 6th Divisions.

Herling's Brigade and Martin's Brigade skirmished just west of Lambert town, with Martin holding his ground and forcing Herling to withdraw westward down the Rockport Pike. Federal infantry arrived from Midway in the late afternoon and Martin made a withdrawal southward towards Crane.

Elements of Kraft's Brigade appeared at Tomlin and Friendship. The regiment at Tomlin was driven off by Dibble's Brigade and the regiment at Friendship was shelled by a battery deployed northwest of town and then withdrew back to Midway.

Total losses for July 2nd were as follows: