One of nine Civil War fortifications constructed in 1863-64 at Camden by Confederate soldiers and slaves under the command of Camden lawyer Colonel Alexander Hawthorn, this massive earthen redoubt contained a battery of six artillery pieces and was fronted by deep rectangular entrenchments. Its location offered a panoramic view of the Ouachita River and was designed to protect its fords to the north and east. An adjacent L-shaped fortification to the west mounted three additional guns to command roads from Tate’s Bluff, and some trenches of the original fortification remain visible near the top of the apex of the fort. Union soldiers improved the fortification during their brief occupation of Camden in April 1864.