General J.F. Fagan's Attack

The Confederate plan called for converging attacks at what the order called "daylight," and Brig. Gen. James Fagan read that as first light. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas says his brigade struck Hindman Hill about an hour before Sterling Price's men reached Graveyard Hill, and that he took numerous rifle pits but was slowed by fire from D and C. Price sent troops against Battery C well after Fagan was engaged and Marmaduke attacked from the north, so the three blows did not land together. This marker was set in 1965, during the Civil War Centennial, in Fagan's memory.

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

• Battery D — steps away
• Sacred Heart Academy — 0.3 mi
• U.S.C.T. in Helena — 0.5 mi
• Fort Curtis, 1862-1867 — 0.5 mi