The Dooley's Ferry Fortifications Historic District protects a series of military earthworks erected in southwestern

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, along the Red River in

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. They were constructed in late 1864 by

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troops under orders from Major-General John B. Magruder as a defense against the potential movements of Union Army forces toward

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. 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. The fortifications were listed on the

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in 2004.

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File:Thomas_B_Dooley_1837_Land_Patent.pdf, Thomas Dooley 1837 Land Patent. File:Thomas_B_Dooley_1839_Patent.pdf, Thomas Dooley 1839 Land Patent. File:Vicinity of Dooleys Ferry, Ark - NARA - 305735.jpg, Map circa 1861–1865. File:Dooleys_Ferry_1900_Supplemental_Plat_Survey.jpg, Survey map 1900.

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