Battery No. 1

Battery No. 1 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 five pieces of artillery. The earthen redoubt's right face is about 240 feet, the center face approximately 160 feet, and the left face 280 feet in length. It has a 15-foot-high parapet wall and a 20-foot-high powder magazine.^[2][3]

Battery No. 1
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Riverland Dr., James Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°42′52″N 79°58′42″W
Area	16.5 acres (6.7 ha)
Built	1863 (1863)
MPS	Civil War Defenses of Charleston TR
NRHP reference No.	82004787[1]
Added to NRHP	August 11, 1982

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. unknown (n.d.). "Battery No. 1" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
3. "Battery #1, Charleston County (Riverland Dr., James Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.