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Soon after General Grant's successful siege of Vicksburg in 1863, for all practical purposes his superior, general in Chief Halleck was mulling over future plans in the West. Grant suggested that he send troops in support of a planned invasion of Texas by General Butler. Halleck believed that first Grant could help out in Arkansas.

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