Battery No. 5


Battery No. 5
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Stonefield Subdivision, James Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°42′30″N 79°57′18″W / 32.70833°N 79.95500°W / 32.70833; -79.95500Coordinates: 32°42′30″N 79°57′18″W / 32.70833°N 79.95500°W / 32.70833; -79.95500
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1863 (1863)
MPS	Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP Reference #	82004788^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1982

Battery No. 5 is a historic artillery battery located at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1863, as part of the James Island Siege Line. At the close of the war it was armed with four guns. The earthen redoubt's left faces measuring about 200 feet and the center face about 100 feet. It has a 10 foot high parapet wall.^[2]^[3]

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

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "Battery No. 5" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Battery #5, Charleston County (Riverland Dr., James Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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