Arkansas 35th Infantry (Confederate)
6/1/62
Organized - Arkansas 35th Infantry - Arkansas
7/4/63
Battle - Helena - Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes, Confederate commander in Arkansas, sought to relieve Union pressure on Vicksburg, Mississippi as the army of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant besieged that strategic city. Holmes won approval for a plan to assault the Union-held river town of Helena, Arkansas, 170 miles north of Vicksburg, with a combined force of about 7,600 men. About 4,000 Union soldiers were in Helena under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss. Four artillery batteries defended the town, surrounded on the la…READ MORE
5/26/65
Mustered Out - Arkansas 35th Infantry - Arkansas
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