Tag: Battery Cheves (James Island SC)

Library of Congress says: …the four gun Confederate artillery battery which was built on the southeastern shore of James Island in the summer of 1863. The battery, along with the rest of Charleston’s defenses, was evacuated in February, 1865.

Wikipedia says: 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.