Battery D

Of Helena's four fortified hills, Hindman Hill is the one the Encyclopedia of Arkansas says remains much as it was in 1863, and Battery D was the first of the four placed on the National Register, in 1974. The fight for it ended in the ravines. Col. Samuel Bell, Lt. Col. Jeptha Johnson and more than 100 men of the 37th Arkansas, who had tried to take the hill from the south, were trapped there and surrendered. Gen. Prentiss, fearing a renewed attack, did not pursue, and the rest of the Confederates withdrew unmolested.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Freedom Park — 0.5 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.
• Delta Cultural Center — 0.6 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.
• Elaine Massacre Memorial — 0.8 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.
• Mississippi River State Park — 11 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

• General J.F. Fagan's Attack — steps away
• Sacred Heart Academy — 0.3 mi
• U.S.C.T. in Helena — 0.5 mi
• Fort Curtis, 1862-1867 — 0.5 mi