Battery Wilkes

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

  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 August 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Battery Wilkes, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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