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Battery Cheves

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Built
  
1863 (1863)

Opened
  
1863

Added to NRHP
  
11 August 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82003841

Area
  
4,000 m²

Battery Cheves

Location
  
James Island, Charleston, South Carolina

MPS
  
Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR

Similar
  
Fort Pemberton, Battery White, Castle Pinckney, Fort Wagner, Morris Island

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.

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

References

Battery Cheves Wikipedia