Battery Cheves
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Battery Cheves | |
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Location | James Island, Charleston, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°44′17″N 79°54′22″W / 32.73806°N 79.90611°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1863 |
MPS | Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82003841[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 1982 |
Battery Cheves is a historic artillery battery located at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1863, and designed to protect the area between Fort Johnson and Battery Haskell. At the end of the war this battery mounted two pieces of heavy artillery. The earthen redoubt measures approximately 280 feet long and 240 feet deep. It has a 12-foot, 6 inch, high parapet wall and a powder magazine about 15 feet in height.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Battery Cheves" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Battery Cheves, Charleston County (Ft. Johnson Estates, James Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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Categories:
- Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Military installations established in 1863
- Buildings and structures in Charleston County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
- American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places
- Charleston County, South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs