Redoubt B

One of nine Civil War fortifications constructed in 1863-64 by Confederate soldiers and slaves under the command of Camden lawyer Colonel Alexander Hawthorn, this v-shaped redan stood along a ridge about one hundred yards south of the junction of the Maul and Gravel Pit Roads, pointed to the northwest, and with four to six artillery pieces protected approaches into Camden from Tate’s Bluff and the Upper Washington Road. Although no traces of the fortification are visible today, its slightly elevated location in the middle of Greenwood Cemetery can still be seen from Maul Road. Some evidence suggests that the site was named Fort Pickett. Union soldiers improved the fortification during their brief occupation of Camden in April 1864.

Camden, Arkansas · United States