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Unnamed Battery No. 1

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Built
  
1862 (1862)

Opened
  
1862

Added to NRHP
  
11 August 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82003838

Area
  
4,000 m²

Unnamed Battery No. 1

Location
  
Clark's Point, James Island, South Carolina

MPS
  
Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR

Unnamed Battery No. 1 is a historic artillery battery located at Clark's Point, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, and was the southern end of the eastern James Island line. At the end of the war this battery mounted two field guns. The earthen redoubt measures approximately 240 feet long and 200 feet wide. It has a 12 foot high parapet wall and a powder magazine about 17 feet in height.

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

References

Unnamed Battery No. 1 Wikipedia