December 22, 2007

The home of Confederate general Thomas C. Hindman, shown here surrounded by a near-barren wasteland, was located near Battery D in Helena (Phillips County). The battery was just one of four impressive earthen defensive fortifications built by Union forces to defend the city and was the site of the opening shots of major combat in the bloody 1863 Battle of Helena. The house was also the site of the murder of Hindman, who in 1868 was shot and killed by unknown assailants while sitting in the parlor.