American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Helena" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Helena">Battle of Helena</a> in Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union capture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a>.<sup about="#mwt49" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_4#cite_note-7" id="mw8w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9A">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt46" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFMatthew_W._Taylor2023">Matthew W. Taylor (June 16, 2023). <a class="external text" href="https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/battle-of-helena-1129/" id="mwCCI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Battle of Helena"</a>. <i id="mwCCM">EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net</i>. Central Arkansas Library System Encyclopedia of Arkansas<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCCQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCCU">May 17,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt46" class="Z3988" id="mwCCY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net&amp;rft.atitle=Battle+of+Helena&amp;rft.date=2023-06-16&amp;rft.au=Matthew+W.+Taylor&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fencyclopediaofarkansas.net%2Fentries%2Fbattle-of-helena-1129%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+4"></span></span>