Battery B

Of Helena's four batteries, B is the one that never faced a direct assault. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas places it on Carvill Hill, a few hundred yards southwest of Battery A and above the Upper St. Francis Road, and says its guns gave supporting fire elsewhere on the field. The batteries were lettered from north to south, and B's hill later filled with houses; the entry says residential development heavily altered the earthwork. Batteries A and B were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, after C and D had been listed.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Elaine Massacre Memorial — 0.7 mi
  A memorial dedicated in 2019 in Helena for the Black people killed by white mobs and troops in the 1919 Elaine Massacre, the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history.
• Delta Cultural Center — 0.9 mi
  A state museum in downtown Helena where King Biscuit Time, the longest-running daily blues radio show, is broadcast live from the Visitors Center.
• Freedom Park — 1.5 mi
  An outdoor Delta Cultural Center site on the ground of a Civil War contraband camp, where thousands of people who had escaped slavery sheltered and men enlisted.
• Mississippi River State Park — 10 mi
  A state park and gateway to the St. Francis National Forest, where the river, Crowley's Ridge and the Delta meet, with a Trail of Tears site at the Mississippi and St. Francis confluence.

More markers nearby

• Battery A — 0.4 mi
• Russwurm Memorial — 0.5 mi
• Fort Curtis — 0.5 mi
• U.S.C.T. in Helena — 0.6 mi