 Tappan's Brigade and the 33rd returned to Arkansas in August 1863, and participated in the defense of Little Rock.When Little Rock fell on September 10, 1863, the regiment withdrew to southern Arkansas and went into winter quarters in Hempstead County.In the Spring of 1864, Churchill's Division, including Tappan's Brigade moved south to oppose Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign in north-central Louisiana in March and early April 1864.