Fort Curtis | |
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Alternative names | New Fort Curtis |
General information | |
Address | 250 Columbia Street |
Town or city | Helena-West Helena, Arkansas 72342 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 34°31′32.1″N 90°35′30.4″W / 34.525583°N 90.591778°W |
Named for | Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis |
Opened | May 11, 2012 |
Technical details | |
Material | Earth, wood |
Fort Curtis is a partially-reconstructed American Civil War fortification in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, built in 2012 to replace the original structure destroyed during Reconstruction. There is some uncertainty about both the exact armament and size of the original structure. The fort is part of the Helena Battlefield.