Fort Southerland Park

Arkansas

Bradley Ferry Road
Camden, AR 71701
United States

Website

https://www.arkansas.com/camden/landmarks/fort-southerland-park

Fort Southerland represents an excellently preserved example of urban Civil War defensive earthworks, erected along the periphery of Camden in 1864 in anticipation of a Federal attack from Little Rock.

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