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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CK_u-s-c-t-in-helena_Helena-West-Helena-AR.html
On April 6, 1863, Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas made a speech at Ft. Curtis seeking to enlist former slaves into the U.S. army. The next day, hundreds of black men joined the 1st Arkansas Infantry (African Descent). Later designated U.S. Colored…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CI_seizing-freedom_Helena-West-Helena-AR.html
Imagine watching a four-mile-long parade of soldiers, horses, wagons and artillery pieces pass your house. The soldiers in blue were supposed to be the enemy, but they offered the chance for something you thought you'd never have—freedom.
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Jacob Trieber served as United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas from 1901 to 1927. He was the first Jewish judge
ever to serve on the federal bench. Trieber was born in Prussia in
1853, immigrated with his parents to S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BN_battery-a_Helena-West-Helena-AR.html
Union forces entrenched on this hill held off repeated assaults by Confederate troops under CSA General Marmaduke on the morning of July 4, 1863, in their attack on Helena. CSA General Marsh Walker's Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the 5th Arkansas…
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Union guns emplaced on this hill defended Old St. Francis Road, the approach used by CSA General Marmaduke's Division, consisting of the 1st Brigade under Col. Shelby and Col. G.W. Thompson and the 2nd Brigade under Col. Colton Greene, in their at…
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Hindman Hill, southernmost of four positions fortified by Union Forces in June, 1863, was attacked by the 35th, 37th, and Hawthorn's Arkansas Infantry Regiments under General Fagan, CSA at daybreak, July 4, 1863. Thwarted by the strength of the Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BH_general-j-f-fagans-attack_Helena-West-Helena-AR.html
Hawthorn's Regiment advanced from the south, that of Bell from the north, King massed on Hawthorn's right. They charged at daybreak, clambering over fallen timber, and took the first line of rifle pits. Battery C not yet engaged by Price, caught F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21BG_arkansas-merci-car_Helena-West-Helena-AR.html
This boxcar and the gifts it carried are a reminder of American support of France during two world wars, and of France's gratitude for that support. Such gestures between peoples deserve a lasting place in our memories.
People to People
In 1…
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Seven Phillips Co. men served as generals in the Confederate army. Patrick Cleburne, perhaps the most acclaimed Arkansas general, led an Army of Tennessee division and proposed freeing slaves if they would fight for the Confederacy. He wa…
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front:
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne,
Major General, C.S.A.
Born in County Cork,
Ireland,
March 17, 1828;
Killed at Battle of
Franklin, Tenn.
November 30, 1864.
Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Shiloh
Cleburne
right:
Missio…