Helena Confederate Cemetery

Helena Confederate Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Arkansas Show map of Arkansas Location in United States Show map of the United States
Location	SW corner of Maple Hill Cemetery, approximately .5 mi. N of jct. of Poplar and Adams Sts., Helena, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°32′30″N 90°35′34″W / 34.54167°N 90.59278°W / 34.54167; -90.59278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1891 (1891)
Built by	M. Muldoon & Co. (Cleburne memorial)
Architect	Leon Archias
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000501[1]
Added to NRHP	May 3, 1996

The Helena Confederate Cemetery is located in the southwest corner of the Maple Hill Cemetery on Holly Street in Helena, Arkansas. It is a small section of the larger cemetery, under one acre in size, and is marked by two significant memorials: the Confederate Memorial and the memorial to Confederate Army General Patrick Cleburne, whose burial here is the only known place associated with his life. The Cleburne memorial is a marble shaft 15 feet (4.6 m) in height, topped by an urn with flames coming from its top. The Confederate Memorial is a marble depiction of a soldier, mounted on a 30-foot (9.1 m) granite shaft, surrounded by pyramids of cannonballs and inverted cannons. The cemetery has more than 100 marked graves, 15 of which are unidentified Confederate dead, and 23 are of those killed in the 1863 Battle of Helena.^[2]

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

See also[edit]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Phillips County, Arkansas

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Helena Confederate Cemetery at Find a Grave
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maple Hill Cemetery