A Crisis in Command

Historical marker location:

Garfield, Arkansas

( Marker is on Military Park Road (County Road 65), on the left when traveling north.)

Pea Ridge National Military Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

The Battle of Helena, which took place in Helena, Arkansas, in July 1863, was one of the largest Civil War battles fought in the state. Union forces were able to repel a Confederate attack, which helped secure control of the Mississippi River for the Union.