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The battle of Helena was on July 4, 1863.

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The helena battle took place in Phillips County Campain.

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General Benjamin Prentiss led the north during the civil war he most notably served as the federal commander of the battle of helena.

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Theophilus Hunter Holmes was born on 1804 and died 1880. He was a lieutenant general in the Confederate army and served variously as the commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department and commander of the district of Arkansas. After he failed to regain northwest Arkansas and failures at the battle of Arkansas post and the Battle of Helena

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239 men died in the union and 1,614 men died in the confederate.

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Over 7,500 Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Theophilus Holmes attempted to capture Helena in hopes of relieving some of the pressure on the Confederate army besieged in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Still, the battle of Helena proved to be among the most significant engagements of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi. Over 1,800 men were killed, wounded, or captured in the campaign, and its outcome ensured federal control of the Mississippi River.