Stoney Creek Battery

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

401 Trask Parkway;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

569-284

Control Number:

R/13/569-284

Tax Number:

R700 012 000 0001 0000

Date Surveyed:

February 24 1997

Category:

Site

Construction Date:

circa 1863

Signficant Architectural Features:

L-shaped earthenwork battery, facing both US 21 and Stony Creek, c. 10 meters from the water. Ca. 8 feet tall, grown over in trees

Historical Information:

Built as defensive earthenwork by Confederate forces c. 1863, part of a series of batteries designed to protect Pocotaligo and the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. Union forces under Oliver O. Howard encountered the battery in January 1865, found it in g

Source of Historical Information:

Bill Olendorf, personal communication, 1/19/98; D.H. Mahan, A Complete Treatise on Field Fortification ([NY]: Wiley & Long, 1836; reprint, Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers, 1969); H. Wager Halleck, Elements of Military Art and Science (NY: D. Appleton

Quadrangle Name:

Yemassee

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