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Began:

July 4, 1863

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Phillips County, Arkansas

Theater:

Western Theater

Campaign:

Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg

Outcome:

Union victory

Combatants

District of Eastern Arkansas

District of Arkansas

Commanders

Benjamin Prentiss
Major General, USA

Theophilus H. Holmes
Lieutenant General, CSA

Strength

Casualties

206

1,636

Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes’s troops attacked Helena in an attempt to relieve pressure on Vicksburg. Although the Rebels had more troops and did initially capture some of the fortifications, the Union forces repelled them. Thus, Helena continued as an important Union enclave in the Trans-Mississippi theater and served as a base for the expedition that captured Little Rock. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Major General Ulysses S. Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg, March-July 1863

Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Jackson, MS -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater	Fort Anderson -- Kelly's Ford -- Washington, NC -- Suffolk -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Stoneman's Raid -- Chancellorsville -- Salem Church--2nd Marye's Heights -- Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Middleburg -- Aldie -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- Droop Mountain -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- Mine Run -- Charlestown

Western Theater	Arkansas Post -- Dover -- Thompson's Station -- Vaught's Hill -- Brentwood -- 1st Franklin -- Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Day's Gap -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Jackson, MS -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Hoover's Gap -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena -- Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville -- 2nd Chattanooga -- Cumberland Gap -- Davis' Cross Roads -- Chickamauga -- Blountsville -- Wheeler's Raid -- Blue Springs -- Brown's Ferry -- Wauhatchie -- Collierville -- Campbell's Station -- Chattanooga -- Ringgold Gap -- Fort Sanders -- Bean's Station -- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater	2nd Galveston -- 2nd Springfield -- Hartville -- Cape Girardeau-- Chalk Bluff -- Cabin Creek -- Honey Springs -- Raid on Lawrence -- Devil's Backbone -- 2nd Sabine Pass -- Bayou Forche -- Baxter Springs -- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater	1st Fort McAllister -- 1st Charleston Harbor -- Fort Bisland -- Irish Bend -- Vermillion Bayou -- Plains Store -- Port Hudson -- LaFourche Crossing -- 2nd Donaldsonville -- 1st Fort Wagner -- Grimball's Landing -- 2nd Fort Wagner -- 2nd Charleston Harbor -- 2nd Fort Sumter -- Kock's Plantation -- Stirling's Plantation -- Fort Brooke

Naval	Alabama vs Hatteras

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 Lt. Gen. [[Theophilus Holmes]]’s troops attacked Helena in an attempt to relieve pressure on Vicksburg. Although the Rebels had more troops and did initially capture some of the fortifications, the Union forces repelled them. Thus, Helena continued as an important Union enclave in the Trans-Mississippi theater and served as a base for the expedition that captured Little Rock. (''NPS summary'')
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Difference between revisions of "Battle of Helena"

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