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The Battery D Boundary Expansion at Helena-West Helena was among 20 properties in 14 Arkansas counties that the State Revue Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The nomination was submitted during the board’s meeting on April 1, according to Frances McSwain of the AHPP.
The Battery D boundary Expansion is located between Highway 49 and Military Road.
“It’s worth noting that partial remains of six confederate soldiers were uncovered by the clear-cutting operations in 2002, excavated by the Arkansas Archeological Survey in 2003, and reburied in the Helena confederate Cemetery in 2004,” the National Register nomination says. “Union accounts of the aftermath of the Battle of Helena document that Confederate dead were buried in scattered graves where they fell all around the battlefield. There is a strong possibility that other battlefield graves exist in the area.”
The Battery D Boundary Expansion at Helena-West Helena was among 20 properties in 14 Arkansas counties that the State Revue Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The nomination was submitted during the board’s meeting on April 1, according to Frances McSwain of the AHPP.
The Battery D boundary Expansion is located between Highway 49 and Military Road.
“It’s worth noting that partial remains of six confederate soldiers were uncovered by the clear-cutting operations in 2002, excavated by the Arkansas Archeological Survey in 2003, and reburied in the Helena confederate Cemetery in 2004,” the National Register nomination says. “Union accounts of the aftermath of the Battle of Helena document that Confederate dead were buried in scattered graves where they fell all around the battlefield. There is a strong possibility that other battlefield graves exist in the area.”