Clerking for Cleburne
This staff included not only officers who served as aides, but enlisted men that served as clerks. Two of these clerks were cousins from Helena.
Category: Civil War in My Delta
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
