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Battery Wilkes

Coordinates: 32°47′38″N 80°3′56″W / 32.79389°N 80.06556°W / 32.79389; -80.06556
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Battery Wilkes
Battery Wilkes is located in South Carolina
Battery Wilkes
Battery Wilkes is located in the United States
Battery Wilkes
LocationSt. Andrew's Parish, West Ashley, South Carolina
Coordinates32°47′38″N 80°3′56″W / 32.79389°N 80.06556°W / 32.79389; -80.06556
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
MPSCivil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP reference No.82001516[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1982

Battery Wilkes is a historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, as a part of the western exterior defense line. It is a small earthen redoubt has a 10-foot-high parapet wall and a 15-foot-high powder magazine.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "Battery Wilkes" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Battery Wilkes, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.