Battery Cheves

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]

Battery Cheves
LocationJames Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates32°44′17″N 79°54′22″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1863 (1863)
MPSCivil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP reference No.82003841[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1982

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Battery Cheves" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "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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