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Posted on September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

The Story of the Seven Generals: Volume One,Charles W.Adams

Charles William Adams is honored as being one of the seven Confederate generals who lived at Helena during the Civil War. Although only really an acting Brigadier General, he was…

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Posted on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Engagement at St. Charles

The small town of St. Charles, Arkansas is most remembered as the site of what some historians call “the deadliest shot of the Civil War.” To understand what occurred, we…

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Posted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020

Expedition from Helena to Grenada: Part 3

General Alvin P. Hovey’s expedition toward Grenada, Mississippi in late 1862 was part of the overall strategy to take Vicksburg by Ulysses Simpson Grant. It consisted of two wings. One…

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Posted on April 18, 2020

Expedition from Helena to Grenada: Part 2

The massive expedition that left Delta was headed by Brigadier Generals Alvin P. Hovey and Cadwalader C. Washburn. Alvin Hovey was born on September 6, 1821 at Posey County, Indiana.…

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Posted on February 16, 2020

Expedition from Helena toward Grenada: Part One

After the successful battle of Corinth in October 1862 General Ulysses S. Grant began his move down the Mississippi Central Railroad in an attempt to capture Vicksburg by an overland…

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Posted on February 6, 2020

Lieutenant Adam B. Smith and the Battle of Helena

Adam Burns Smith enlisted in a company being organized at Jefferson City, Missouri on August 14, 1862. The men soon joined other companies at Benton Barracks in St. Louis where…

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Posted on January 11, 2020

Colonel Willliam F. Wood

William Francis Wood was born March 23, 1826 in Ireland.  As many people did during this time he eventually traveled to America to start a new life.  He soon married…

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Posted on January 11, 2020January 20, 2020

Engagement at Brown’s Gin

On August 11, 1862 a brief but deadly battle took place on the line between Tunica and Coahoma counties in Northwest Mississippi.  Company A of the 47th Indiana Infantry consisting…

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