Helena depot
Supply base, Helena, Arkansas.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- Helena, Arkansas
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Ruins
HELENA DEPOT
Samuel Curtis's Union army reached Helena on July 12, 1862, and the town stayed under Federal control to the end of the war as a depot supporting operations against Vicksburg. Confederates attacked on July 4, 1863 and were repulsed with 1,636 casualties against 205 Union losses.
Then
Samuel Curtis's Union army reached Helena on July 12, 1862, and the town stayed under Federal control to the end of the war as a depot supporting operations against Vicksburg and a base for raids on Confederate resources in the Delta. Batteries A, B, C and D and Fort Curtis formed its defenses, and the first of six Black Arkansas regiments was organized there beginning in April 1863.
Confederates attacked on July 4, 1863 to draw Union strength away from Vicksburg and were repulsed with 1,636 casualties against 205 Union losses.
Now
Ruins
Many of the July 1863 battle sites are still intact.
Lines owned by smaller railroads run through Helena today.
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