Battery Wilkes Explained

Battery Wilkes
Location:St. Andrew's Parish, West Ashley, South Carolina
Coordinates:32.7939°N -80.0656°W
Added:October 21, 1982
Refnum:82001516

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.[1] [2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: unknown. Battery Wilkes. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. 6 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Battery Wilkes, Charleston County (St. Andrew's Parish). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2014-08-01.