. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ed.,* No record found.[3641 The Last Struggle for the fall of Vicksburg was im-minent in July, 1868, and see-ing this the Confederates de-termined to make one lastherculean effort to retain ahold upon the Mississippi andprevent the Confederacy frombeing divided. General Holmescollected a force of about ninethousand Confederates and ad-vanced through Arkansas uponFort Curtis, the principal of Helena. There GeneralPrentiss opjjoscd him with agarriso
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ed.,* No record found.[3641 The Last Struggle for the fall of Vicksburg was im-minent in July, 1868, and see-ing this the Confederates de-termined to make one lastherculean effort to retain ahold upon the Mississippi andprevent the Confederacy frombeing divided. General Holmescollected a force of about ninethousand Confederates and ad-vanced through Arkansas uponFort Curtis, the principal of Helena. There GeneralPrentiss opjjoscd him with agarrison of but !). In theearly dawn of July 4, ,Holmes hurled his forces uponthe battlements of Fort was met with a resistanceentirely beyond his expecta-tions. Not only were the Confederates mowed down by the fire from thefort, but the gunboat TijJer lying in the riverenfiladed the columns pouring through the ravinesto support the attack. It was impossible to with-stand the deadly rain of shell and shrapnel, andthe order was given to withdraw. On the field wereleft two thousand dead and wounded GENERAL S.^MIEL RYAN CURTIS Most of the dead were buriedby the victorious Federals, andmore than a thousand woundedwere taken prisoners. Fort Curtis was named forGeneral Samuel Ryan Curtis,who assumed command ofthe Federal District of South-west Missouri at the closeof IBGl. The battle at PeaKidge, or Elkliorn, Arkansas,near the Missouri border,March, 1862, was a Confed-erate reverse and was followedby the transfer of the prin-cipal Confederate commandswhich fought there to otherfields, leaving Curtis in con-trol. After a stubbornlycontested march across Ar-kansas he arrived on the Mis-sissippi, July 13, ISGJ, and be-gan to fortify Helena. Fromthat time it was held by the Federals undisputeduntil the attack of General Holmes. The day ofthe repulse at Fort Curtis, Vicksburg surrenderedto Grant; Port , Louisiana, on the eastbank, yielded to Banks five da
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