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Civil War Helena Tour Interpreted Sites Are in Red Civil War Helena Tour Interpreted sites are in red. Site descriptions on reverse. Maple Hill Cemetery E E 21 V E Cleo Dunning L Confederate Cemetery Park 22 Magnolia WI Cemetery JACKSON A R I E N E O SPRINGDAL MB T R U T L O R A O OA MONROE C D CO D 20 MADISON JEFFERSON N O R T ADAMS H 19 S U M Y M IT HOLL ER 18 LIBERTY WALK S . 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FRANCI T S SPRUCE L L A W A E HANKS LANE S 49 BUS 23 L 185 B OE AL C S W I B A E A S 49 49 BUS 242 Li tt r. le D 3 R an STRAUB LANE o m ck w 49 R e BUS o N ad Helena Regional 2 24 Medical Center LOH MAN BRAD S LN Y OE DRIVE C J 1 Arkansas 49 Welcome Center 49 to Mississippi 44 20 More sites opening throughout 2013. 404 Long Lake Learn more about the Civil War in Helena and 25 follow our progress at www.civilwarhelena.com 408 Civil War Helena Tour Numbers correspond to map on reverse. A Delta Cultural Center Depot Museum, 95 Missouri 12 Court Square Park, 622 Cherry Street The region’s Civil War history and the Battle of Helena are featured A reproduction cannon stands next to an exhibit on Confederate in exhibits that tell the story of the Arkansas Delta from prehistoric Helena. Other exhibits discuss Freedmen’s schools and African times to the present. Waysides outside of the Depot introduce American participation in the 1868 Constitutional Convention. Helena’s multi-faceted Civil War story. Free admission 13 Kelly Courtyard, 415 Cherry B Helena Museum, 623 Pecan In the spring of 1863, the federal government began recruiting Phillips County history is told through exhibits using the museum’s Freedmen into the Union army. Exhibits examine recruiting in impressive collections. A diorama of the Battle of Helena, Thomas Helena, why Freedmen chose to serve in the Union army, and Hindman’s desk, Patrick Cleburne’s prayer book and more bring USCT regiments that served in Helena. Helena’s Civil War story vividly to life. Free admission 14 Levee Walk, above Cherry Street on the levee 1 Union Army Marches into Helena, 1000 South Biscoe Civil War exhibits discuss the Battle of Helena, the Yazoo Pass In July 1862, Helena became a Union stronghold in Confederate Expedition, and changes Union occupation brought to Helena. Arkansas and an island of freedom for refugee slaves. Panels depicting Union soldiers and freedom seekers, artillery and a 15 Helena River Park, follow Perry east, onto the levee supply wagon encourage visitors to experience this momentous Learn why Union soldiers called the city “Hell-in-Arkansas” and event. Coming 2013 what role the gunboat Tyler played in the Battle of Helena. 2 Freedom Park, 700 South Biscoe 16 Tappan-Pillow House, 717 Poplar This beautiful park, once the location of a Contraband camp, Soon after the Federals occupied Helena, the Union army seized encourages contemplation. Five exhibits explore the experiences the home of Confederate James Camp Tappan. An exhibit tells the of refugee slaves who came to Helena in search of freedom and a story of a family home despoiled. life of self-determination. Life-size figures, structures representing a plantation house and a refugee dwelling, and an earthwork 17 Battery C, entrance at the end of Yorkshire interpret this National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site. One of four earthen batteries erected by the Union army in 1862, it 3 briefly fell to the Confederates during the Battle of Helena on July 2 Estevan Hall, 653 South Biscoe 4, 1863. Interpretive wayside, improvements coming in 2013 Fleetwood Hanks’ descendants lived in this house for 170 years. The history of the Hanks family and Estevan Hall are told in an 18 Battery B outdoor exhibit. Estevan Hall is now being restored in preparation One of four earthen batteries erected by the Union army in 1862, for its new life as the Civil War Helena Visitor Center. its gunners helped repulse the Confederate attacks on Batteries A and C during the July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena. Historical marker 4 The Hindman House, 320 Biscoe on Liberty between First and Summit, what remains of the battery, In July 1862, while Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman and which is on private property, is visible from Liberty Street. his family were in Little Rock, Union General Samuel Curtis seized the Hindman home. An exhibit representing the Hindman home 19 Battery A discusses the Hindman family and Curtis’s action. Coming 2013 One of four earthen batteries erected by the Union army in 1862, it was attacked by the Confederates during the Battle of Helena on 5 St. Catherine Convent and Academy, on Biscoe at Arkansas July 4, 1863. Not open to the public at this time, historical marker Refugee slaves found shelter in one of the St. Catherine’s barns, and on Adams at Beech. the Sisters of Mercy nursed Confederate and Union wounded for weeks after the Battle of Helena. These stories and more are told in 20 Cleo Dunning Park, Cherry and Monroe exhibits on the former Academy grounds. During the July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena, constant fire from Union cavalry and artillery near the levee helped stall the advance on 6 Battery D Battery A. A wayside interprets the Union strategy and Confederate One of four earthen batteries erected by the Union army in 1862, response. it was attacked by the Confederates during the Battle of Helena on July 4, 1863. Not open to the public at this time, historical marker 21 Maple Hill Cemetery & Confederate Cemetery, entrance on Military Road. on North Holly Exhibits near their graves discuss the lives of Thomas C.Hindman 7 New Fort Curtis, 350 Columbia and James Tappan. Exhibits adjacent to and in the Confederate New Fort Curtis allows visitors to experience an earthen fort Cemetery interpret Helena’s seven Confederate generals, the firsthand, including the huge 24-pounder guns. Exhibits tell the Confederate Cemetery and Patrick Cleburne’s grave. story of the original Civil War fort built in 1862 and this unique reconstruction. Free admission 22 Magnolia Cemetery, entrance on Wire Road W. H. Grey, Abraham Miller, Eliza A. Miller and other black 8 Moore-Hornor Home, 323 Beech leaders, and Civil War veterans are buried in this African American Given by the Hornor family to the Delta Cultural Center, exhibits Cemetery established before the Civil War. Wayside exhibits coming will interpret its role as a hospital after the Battle of Helena. A 2013 wayside interpreting civilian life under martial law is located opposite the house, near the northwest corner of New Fort Curtis. 23 The Polk House and Plantation Confederate forces gathered at the Alan Polk house before the 9 Site of the original Fort Curtis, Columbia at Porter July 4, 1863, Battle of Helena. After the battle they retreated to the Fort Curtis was built soon after the Union army occupied Helena house, which became a field hospital, and the yard, a burial place. in July 1862. Exhibits discuss the Battle of Helena and the attack on Coming 2013 Fort Curtis that took place after the Confederates took Battery C. 24 The Lamb Plantation 10 General Patrick Cleburne, Helena Museum, 623 Pecan Confederate General Archibald S. Dobbins’ cavalry attacked the An outdoor exhibit featuring a life-size bronze describes Cleburne’s Lamb plantation in August 1864, as part of a campaign to destroy life in Helena and the military career that ended tragically at the the plantation lease system and terrorize Freedmen. Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. 25 The Plantation Lease System 11 Beth El Heritage Hall, 406 Perry In 1863, the federal government began leasing plantations The historic Temple Beth El was given to the Delta Cultural Center abandoned by Confederates. Many Freedmen worked on these by its congregation. A wayside on Perry Street discusses northern plantations, and received pay for the first time. Coming 2013 benevolent organizations in Civil War Helena..
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