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81: 940: 964: 903: 914: 952: 289:(April 9–13). Needing provisions, Steele ordered his forces to march on Camden, which they occupied on April 15 after it was abandoned by its small number of defenders. During the Union's brief (ten-day) occupation, the defenses were expanded with additional trenches and earthworks. Steele was prompted to reconsider the continued occupation of Camden after supply-related initiatives were set back at 88: 68: 249:, off Gravel Pit Road. The main earthworks has been partially compromised by the construction of a home near its midsection. The rest of the site has reverted to forest, and is otherwise in good condition. Remnant trenches lead away from the main works along the ridge to the east. 261:, a Camden native, had been given the task of organizing the city's defenses. From January to March Confederate troops and slave labor worked to develop a series of five redoubts, mainly to protect the southern and western land-based approaches to the city. Union Major General 792: 245:. Immediately west of the main works is an L-shaped redoubt which commands potential fording sites at the base of the bluff. Each of these sites was capable of mounting at least six guns of the period. The site is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of 887: 823: 807: 797: 1014: 318: 994: 1009: 882: 828: 469: 849: 751: 782: 716: 681: 756: 661: 621: 446: 721: 711: 706: 686: 802: 636: 551: 1004: 671: 666: 541: 761: 726: 631: 606: 746: 696: 676: 651: 641: 626: 616: 601: 581: 556: 546: 536: 766: 741: 646: 586: 566: 561: 531: 521: 701: 656: 596: 571: 526: 833: 731: 611: 576: 999: 787: 736: 691: 591: 499: 484: 439: 515: 313: 917: 432: 968: 907: 368: 80: 119: 300:
Camden's defenses were further expanded after Confederate forces reoccupied the city. A weak point that was known to both sides, the waterfront area,
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Fort Lookout is a rectangular earthworks located on a bluff 50 feet (15 m) overlooking a bend in the
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in October 1864. By the end of the year a complete trench line encircled the city.
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462: 375:. National Park Service. 2007-09-26. Archived from 225:(March–May 1864). The site has been designated a 184: 176: 171: 158: 150: 113: 103: 1005:Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark 516:List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state 908:National Register of Historic Places portal 314:List of National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas 209:. It was the northernmost of a series of five 201:, is a defensive earthworks erected during the 87: 440: 8: 1000:Buildings and structures in Camden, Arkansas 447: 433: 425: 373:National Historic Landmark summary listing 66: 456:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 217:forces in early 1864, preparatory to the 46:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 281:and eventually gain a Union foothold in 935: 336: 345:"National Register Information System" 29: 390: 388: 386: 265:, in command of the forces occupying 7: 969:National Register of Historic Places 350:National Register of Historic Places 20:. 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Fort Lookout (Kansas)
Fort Kiowa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Fort Lookout (Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Camden, Arkansas
33°36′03″N 92°50′04″W / 33.60083°N 92.83444°W / 33.60083; -92.83444
94001183
American Civil War
Camden, Arkansas
redoubts
Confederate Army
Union Army
Camden Expedition
National Historic Landmark
Camden Expedition Sites
Ouachita River
United States Route 79
Alexander T. Hawthorn
Frederick Steele
Little Rock
Nathaniel Prentice Banks
Red River Campaign
Shreveport, Louisiana
Texas
Battle of Prairie D'Ane
Poison Spring
Marks' Mills
was fortified

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