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    The Helena Confederate Cemetery is located in the southwest corner of the Maple Hill Cemetery on Holly Street in Helena, Arkansas. It is a small section...
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    the University of Arkansas), and the Helena Confederate Cemetery, which holds the remains of seven Confederate Army generals. The city holds an annual...
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  • base of operations. Over 7,500 Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Theophilus Holmes attempted to capture Helena in hopes of relieving some of...
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    1863, Confederate Commander Theophilus Holmes sought to take pressure off of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by attacking the Union-held town of Helena, Arkansas...
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  • Camden; NRHP-listed Helena Confederate Cemetery, Helena; NRHP-listed Maple Hill Cemetery, Helena; NRHP-listed Temple Beth El Cemetery, Helena; NRHP-listed Norristown...
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    West Helena is the western portion of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, this portion...
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    Register of Historic Places in 2000. Helena's Confederate Cemetery, located in the southwest corner of this cemetery, is also separately listed on the National...
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    Patrick Cleburne (category People from Helena, Arkansas)
    to his adopted hometown of Helena, Arkansas, with much fanfare, and buried in the Confederate section of Maple Hill Cemetery, overlooking the Mississippi...
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    Museum in Jefferson Barracks). Confederate Drive (1914). Road removed and replaced with green space in 2017. Helena: Confederate Memorial Fountain (1916)....
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    The Helena Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 49 across the Mississippi River between Helena, Arkansas and Lula, Mississippi. The main...
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  • the University of Arkansas (PCC) is a public community college in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. The college enrolls 2,350 students (64% female, 36% male)...
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  • Biscuit Blues Festival is an annual, multi-day blues festival, held in Helena, Arkansas, United States. The name of the festival comes from King Biscuit...
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    caused an uproar from the former Confederates in the room, who insisted upon the pronunciation /ˈhɛlɪnə/ HEL-i-nə, after Helena, Arkansas, a town on the Mississippi...
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  • The Helena World is a weekly newspaper based in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, which serves Phillips County. It is published on Wednesdays in print but...
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  • Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Southerland Park Headquarters House Museum Helena Confederate Cemetery Helena, Arkansas, Civil...
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  • The Helena–West Helena School District is a school district headquartered in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, United States. The district is one of three...
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    the center of Helena–West Helena, in unincorporated Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the city of Helena–West Helena. The FAA's National...
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    action during the Battle of Helena The battle was a belated effort by the Confederate Army to seize Union-occupied Helena. It was an attempt to relieve...
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    The Phillips County Courthouse is located at 622 Cherry Street in Helena-West Helena, the county seat of Phillips County, Arkansas. This 2.5 story municipal...
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    into the Confederate States Army later in 1861. Adams then raised an infantry regiment, the 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment from the Helena, Arkansas...
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    The Delta Cultural Center in downtown Helena, Arkansas, is a cultural center and museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. It is dedicated to preserving...
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    commercial, and entertainment district serving as the downtown of Helena in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas. Cherry Street is located between Elm Street and the...
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  • public high school for students in grades seven through twelve in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, United States. It is one of four public high schools in...
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  • operator supported by the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) based in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, USA. The system consists of three schools in Phillips County...
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    (sometimes the Thompson-Pillow House) is a historic house at 718 Perry Street in Helena, Arkansas. Architect George Barber designed the house, and it was built...
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  • charter high school serving students in grades nine through twelve in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, United States. Based on the KIPP network of free, open-enrollment...
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  • the protagonists get information about lost Confederate gold, worth $200,000, hidden in a grave at a cemetery. In the 1971 spaghetti western film The Last...
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    militia general John Barnwell, and Confederate Army generals Richard H. Anderson and Stephen Elliott Jr. St. Helena's currently holds weekly services in...
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    James Camp Tappan (category People from Helena, Arkansas)
    to run. He died on March 19, 1906, at Helena and was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery near the graves of Confederate generals Thomas C. Hindman and Patrick...
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    Alexander T. Hawthorn (category Confederate States Army brigadier generals)
    May 31, 1899, at Dallas. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Marshall, Texas. List of Confederate States Army generals List of Mercer University alumni...
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