Dooley's Ferry Fortifications Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Cemetery with earthworks
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Nearest city	Spring Hill
Coordinates	33°30′34.097″N 93°43′03.902″W / 33.50947139°N 93.71775056°W / 33.50947139; -93.71775056
Area	24 acres (9.7 ha)
NRHP reference No.	04001031[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 2004

The Dooley's Ferry Fortifications Historic District encompasses a series of military earthworks erected in southwestern Arkansas, along the Red River in Hempstead County. They were constructed in late 1864 by Confederate troops under orders from Major-General John B. Magruder as a defense against the potential movements of Union Army forces toward Shreveport, Louisiana. They command a formerly major road intersection just east of Dooley's Ferry, one of the most important regional crossings of the Red River. After the war a cemetery for African-Americans was established adjacent to one of the gun emplacements.^[2]

The fortifications were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

Gallery

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  Thomas Dooley 1837 Land Patent.
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  Thomas Dooley 1839 Land Patent.
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  Map circa 1861–1865.
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  Survey map 1900.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hempstead County, Arkansas

References

Further reading

• Christ, Mark K. (June 11, 2015). "Dooley's Ferry Fortifications Historic District". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Central Arkansas Library System.
• Environs of Dooley's Ferry, Ark., by M. A. Miller (Map). 1:2000. Confederate States. War department. Department of West Louisiana and Arkansas. May 20, 1864. Retrieved February 25, 2019 – via University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.