Fort Southerland

Fort Southerland, also known as Redoubt E and possibly Fort Diamond, is a redoubt built during the American Civil War to protect Camden, Arkansas. Confederate forces built it along with four other redoubts in early 1864 after a Union victory in the Little Rock campaign the previous year. Fort Southerland is about the size of a city block and is roughly oval. It could hold three cannons. When Union forces captured Camden in April 1864 during the Camden Expedition, they improved the defenses of the five redoubts, which were not sufficient for proper defense of the city. After the Confederates retook Camden later that month, they continued to improve the city's defenses.

Fort Southerland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Fort Southerland Park in 2022
Location in Arkansas
Location in United States
LocationCamden, Arkansas
Coordinates33°34′26″N 92°49′05″W
Built1864
NRHP reference No.94001184
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1994
Designated NHLApril 19, 1994

The fort lies within Fort Southerland Park, a municipal park dedicated in 1974. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark. Along with Fort Lookout (Redoubt A), it is one of only two of the redoubts around Camden still in existence.

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