Camden Water Battery

The Camden Water Battery is a series of defenses established along the banks of the Ouachita River in Camden, Arkansas during the American Civil War. These defenses, little more than a series of rifle pits, were built during the fall of 1864, and were designed to address a weakness in Camden's defense that had been observed by both Confederate and Union forces during the failed Camden Expedition, an effort by Union forces to reach Shreveport, Louisiana from Little Rock. The defenses are believed to have been built by Texas troops stationed there after the withdrawal of Union forces.[2]

Camden Water Battery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Camden, Arkansas
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1864
Built by	Forney's Texas Division
NRHP reference No.	07000615[1]
Added to NRHP	May 30, 2007

The defenses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

See also

• Fort Lookout
• Fort Southerland
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Summary description of Camden Water Battery". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-05-27.