Greater Charleston Area II

Last Update: 17/AUGUST/2026

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Civil War Defenses of Charleston Harbor

Charleston (Old Town):
CSA earthwork batteries (1862 - 1865) were located along the Ashley and Cooper River banks:
Battery Gadberry, at Cannon Street and Westcott Court (no trace).
Battery Waring (1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company K (September-December 1863), Company D (November-December 1863)), at Tradd Street and Murray Blvd. (no trace, present-day USCG Station).
Vanderhorst Wharf Battery, at Vanderhorst Wharf (no trace).
Frazier's Wharf Battery (aka Blakely Gun Battery) (Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) (November-December 1863); 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company C (May-June 1864)), at Market and Concord Streets (no trace).
Laurens Street Battery, at Laurens and Concord Streets (no trace), now the Charleston Maritime Center.
Calhoun Street Battery, at Calhoun and Concord Streets (no trace), now the SC Aquarium.
Battery Augustus Smith (aka Half-Moon #1), at Amherst and Drake Streets (no trace).
Battery James (aka Half-Moon #2), at Cooper and Drake Streets (no trace). The two Half-Moon Batteries were manned by the German Artillery (Hampton Legion) (August 1861); the Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) (November-December 1863); and the 21st SC Regiment (SCV), Company A (November 1863 - May 1864).

Charleston South Battery, actually two separate batteries, White Point Battery (2) (or Battery Ramsay (2)) and King Street Battery, at White Point Garden (see separate listing on page 2). Garrisoned by the Charleston SC Battalion Infantry, Company E (January-June 1863); 3rd SC Artillery, Co. K; 15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (November-December 1863), Company C (March-July 1864); 1st SC Artillery (Regulatrs), Companies D, E, H (August-September 1863); and the 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company I (April-May 1864).
Camp Pemberton (3) (1862 - 1863), at White Point Battery (2). The 46th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in May-October 1862, and again in February-May 1863.

Camp Hampstead (Hampton Legion, Artillery Battalion (August 1861 - ?); Macbeth Light Artillery (SC) (November-December 1861); Alston's Light Artillery Battalion (SC) (July 1862 - April 1863)), near the present-day Union Station on King Street.
Camp Race Course (1861 - 1863), a CSA muster and training camp located at the Charleston (aka Washington) Race Course (est. 1835), now present-day Hampton Park. Also known as Camp at Charleston Race Course. Units here were the 5th SC Regiment (1861); the 3rd (4th) SC Battalion Cavalry, Companies A and B (1862); and the 9th SC Regiment, Reserves, Companies C, E, F, G, H, and I (November 1862 - February 1863). The grounds later became a temporary Union POW camp from September to December 1864. Horse racing resumed here after the war, until 1899. Became a public park after 1906.
Charleston Neck Line (1862 - 1865) (Palmetto Guard Artillery (SC) (July 1862)), CSA earthworks across King and Meeting Streets from Adverse Cemetery (on Mechanic Street at Oceanic Street) to Magnolia Cemetery (on Cunningham Ave. at Huguenin Ave.). No traces remain.
Camp Magnolia (1862), at Magnolia Cemetery (est. 1850), at 70 Cunningham Ave.. The 9th SC Battalion Infantry was here in April-May 1862; the McCullough Rifles (SC) was here in January-February 1862.

Camp Limehouse (September 1862) (Charleston SC Battalion Infantry, Company A), undetermined site.
Camp Rice (1864), undetermined site. The 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Company K, was here in February 1864.

Shutes Folly Island
Castle Pinckney (see separate listing on page 2). Garrisoned by the 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company K (July 1863), and Company G (June and September-October 1863).

Mount Pleasant:
Hobcaw Point Battery (2), a CSA work off of Third Ave., which is actually on Remley Point. Traces may still remain.
Hog Island Battery, a CSA work located at present-day Patriots Point Golf Course. No remains.
Haddrell's Point Battery (2) (or Hibben Street Battery) (1861), a CSA work located near the mouth of Shem Creek, below Hibben and Beach Streets. Traces may still remain.
Battery Gary (1862 - 1865) (15th SC Battalion Artillery; 27th SC Regiment (SCV), Company G (January-April 1864)), originally Mount Pleasant Battery (1st SC Battalion Artillery, Company B (March-April 1861)), a CSA two-gun work located at the end of Middle Street. No remains. Site of a Patriot battery in 1780 (see page 2).
Kinloch's Landing Battery (aka Fort 1), a CSA work northeast of Battery Gary (Fiddlers Marsh area on Conch Creek).
Venning's Landing Battery (aka Fort 2), a CSA work northeast of Kinloch's (end of Old Landing Road).
Elliott's Creek - Copahee Sound Line (1863 - 1865), a line of CSA earthworks running east of Boone Hall Plantation to present-day Palmetto Fort, running parallel to (northeast of) Six Mile Road. Traces may still remain.
Palmetto Fort (3) (1863 - 1865) (20th SC Regiment (SCV), 2nd Company K (June - ? 1862) (several months); 2nd Company G (January-April 1863); one company (July 1863); two companies (April 1864)), the southern anchor of the Elliott's Creek line, located in the Palmetto Fort area (West Palmetto Fort Drive). Still exists in excellent condition. S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust

Camp Gibbs (1862) (5th SC Cavalry, Company E), west of Mount Pleasant, in Christ Church Parish.
Camp Helena (January-May 1863) (T.B. Ferguson's Battery), located near Mount Pleasant.
Camp Ripley (2) (November-December 1864) (32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), reportedly located "near Mount Pleasant".
Camp Whilden (1862) (3rd (4th) SC Battalion Cavalry, Company D), undetermined site.

Sullivan's Island:
Battery (Fort) Marshall (1863 - 1865), a CSA 14-gun work located on the eastern end of the island at Breach Inlet. No remains. Garrisoned by the 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company D, then Company B, in 1863; 7th SC Battalion Infantry (seven companies) (July 1863); Holcombe Legion, Infantry Regiment (November 1863 to February 1864); 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company I (November 1864 - January 1865); 23rd SC Regiment (SCV) (November 1863 - April 1864); 20th SC Regiment (SCV), 2nd Company A (January-April 1863); 20th SC Regiment (SCV) (all companies) (February-May 1864).
Breach Inlet Battery (1862) (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company D).
Batteries One, Two, Three, Four (1863 - 1865) (3rd SC Artillery, Company D (1864)), CSA two-gun works located east of Battery Beauregard. No remains.
Battery (Fort) Beauregard (1) (1862 - 1865), a CSA 12-gun work located just east of Fort Moultrie. No remains. Garrisoned by 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company E; 3rd SC Artillery, Co. K in 1863, then Co. A; and the 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Companies C and K (May 1862 - June 1863).
Battery Rutledge (1862 - 1865), a CSA work located between Fort Moultrie and Fort Beauregard. Garrisoned by the 3rd SC Artillery, Company I (September 1863); and the 27th SC Regiment (SCV), Company G (April-May 1864). No remains.

Fort Moultrie (see separate listing on page 2). The Sumter Battery and Oblique Battery (both 1861) were located here, manned by the 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Companies A, E, F, G, and K, during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Four companies were still here in July 1863. The Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) was later here during July to December 1864.

Located west of Fort Moultrie were:
Cove Battery (1862 - 1865) (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Companies B, C, H, and I). No trace.
Battery Bee (1862 - 1865) (11 guns) (formally named July 1863) (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Companies B, C, H, I and K; Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) (July-August 1863); 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company K (July - ? 1863), Company B (May-July 1864), Company H (May-December 1864)). No trace.
Battery Marion (1862 - 1865) (3rd SC Artillery, Company E; 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company D (May-August 1864), Company C (June-November 1864)). No trace.
Brooks Gun Battery (1863) (one gun) (3rd SC Artillery, Company E).
Floating Battery (1861 - 1863) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company D (March-October 1861)), an iron-clad floating gun platform. The Floating Battery was moved to Morris Island (Vincent's Creek) in the early summer of 1863 (see below).

CSA batteries adjacent to Fort Moultrie used in the opening rounds against Fort Sumter in April 1861 included Dahlgren Battery (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company D (April 1861)), Enfilade Battery (1) (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company E), and Mortar Battery (1st SC Battalion Artillery, Company B (March-April 1861); 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company G), as well as the Floating Battery. Also here in April 1861 were the Five Gun Battery (Vigilant Rifles (SC), Local Defense; the Phoenix Rifles (SC), Local Defense (probably); and the 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company A); and the Maffit's Channel Battery (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company E).

Camp at Moultrie House (1861 - 1863) (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company E; and 7th SC Battalion Infantry), undetermined location (near Fort Moultrie).
CSA Palmetto Battery (2) (1862 - 1865), undetermined location. No remains.
Fort Washington (1861, 1863), undetermined location. Initially only a lookout tower manned by the Washington Light Infantry. Later, the 26th SC Regiment, Company H was here January to April 1863.
CSA Camp Truesdale (date ?), somewhere at the east end of the island.
Sullivan's Island was occupied by the Union beginning in February 1865.

Middle Ground Shoal:
Battery (Fort) Ripley (1862 - 1865), a CSA two-gun work built on a log cribwork and faced with palmetto logs. Originally known as the Middle Ground Battery (1861). Garrisoned by the 10th SC Regiment, Company K (September-November 1861); 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company K (July 1863), Company G (June and September 1863), and Company E (March-April 1864); and 1st SC Regiment State Troops (September 1863 - February 1864). The garrison was apparently drawn from Castle Pinckney as a sub-post. Also apparently used as a signal station. No remains. A lighthouse was later built 500 feet southeast of the site in 1878, replaced with a buoy in 1932.

South Channel Shoal:
Fort Sumter (see separate listing on page 2). The 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Companies B, C, D, F, G (July 1863); the Charleston Battalion (September-October 1863); the 15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (January-February 1864); and the 3rd SC Artillery (April-November 1864), were among the CSA units that defended the fort during the war.

Morris Island:
Battery (Fort) Gregg, originally CSA Cumming's Point Battery (1860 - 1861) (actually composed of two mortar batteries, the three-gun Blakely Battery and Trapier Battery (2nd SC Regiment (SCV), Company D), and the three-gun Ironclad Battery (2nd SC Regiment (SCV), Company I)), used in the opening rounds against Fort Sumter, then later rebuilt and renamed (1862 - 1863) (five guns). Later garrisoned by the 3rd SC Artillery, Company C (date ?), and the 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company C (May-June 1863), Company H (July-August 1863), and Company A (September 1863). It was captured by the Union in September 1863 and renamed Fort Putnam (October 1863 - 1865) (two guns).
Fort Chatfield (October 1863 - 1865), a Union fort built adjacent to Fort Putnam, comprised of Battery Kirby (2) and Battery Stevens (2) (two guns). (FORT WIKI)
Iron Battery (April 1861) (German Hussars (Cavalry); and SC Battalion State Cadets). Built by Maj. Peter Fayssoux Stevens (aka Stevens' Iron Battery). It had one 8-inch gun used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Point Battery (April 1861) (SC Battalion State Cadets), used in the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Battery (Fort) Wagner (2) (1862 - 1863) a CSA 14-gun earthen fort near the north end of the island. Originally known as Neck Battery, then renamed. Garrisoned by the Charleston SC Battalion Infantry (July-August 1863); and the Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) (September 1863). The Union took control of this fort in September 1863 after several assaults and siege, and was renamed Fort Strong in October 1863, used until 1865. (FORT WIKI)

Vincent's Creek Battery (summer 1863), the CSA's Floating Battery that was moved to a fixed site at the mouth of Vincent's Creek, north of the Swamp Angel Battery site, to support Battery Wagner. It was never completed, and was abandoned in place. It was later carried to Folly Island by a winter storm in early 1864.

Union seige batteries involved in the July-September 1863 assault on Battery Wagner were, south to north: the Left Batteries comprised of Batteries Kirby (1) (two guns), Strong (one gun), Stevens (1) (two guns), O'Rorke (five guns), Reno (three guns), Hays (eight to 13 guns in five detached positions), and the Advanced Gun (one gun); the First Parallel (comprised of Batteries Weed (five guns), Naval Battery (four guns), and Reynolds (five guns)), the Second Parallel (comprised of Batteries Kearny (six guns), Brown (two guns), Meade (two guns), Rosecrans (three guns), and Surf Battery (two guns)), and the Third Parallel, Fourth Parallel, and Fifth Parallel works.

Southwest of Battery Wagner in the marsh was Union Swamp Angel Battery (one 8-inch (200-pounder) Parrott gun) (August 1863) (11th Maine Infantry (detachment)), later rearmed and simply known thereafter as the Marsh Battery (two 10-inch siege mortars) (September 1863 - February 1865). Site is preserved and marked, although there are no actual remains of the battery.

Fort Morris (1860 - 1861), a CSA four-gun work located north of the old lighthouse and Lazaretto. Also known as the Star of the West Battery, as this was the battery that fired upon the relief ship to Fort Sumter in January 1861. Garrisoned by the 1st SC Volunteers (Gregg's). Abandoned after Fort Sumter fell.
Lighthouse Inlet Batteries (CSA) (1863) (1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Companies E and I, and Company H (detachment) (May-July 1863), and 21st SC Infantry and 1st SC Infantry, Company D (June-July 1863)), Confederate batteries located on the southern end of the island near the old lighthouse (1767 - 1862), just prior to the Union assault (July 1863), which included ten unnamed positions for 11 total guns. Sometimes referred to collectively as Battery Mitchel, after Capt. John Mitchel of 1st SCA Battery I who supervised its construction.
Fort Craig (July 1863 - 1865), a Union work located at the southern end of the island. Formally named in October 1863.
Fort Shaw (July 1863 - 1865), a Union work located at the southern end of the island at Lighthouse Inlet. Formally named in October 1863.
Battery Purviance (July 1863 - 1865), a Union work located on Oyster Point, just west of Fort Shaw. Formally named in October 1863. Previously the location of several CSA infantry rifle pits (May 1863).
CSA Oyster Point Battery (February 1861) (1st SC Volunteers (Gregg's), Company B Detachment).

Morris Island was captured by the Union in stages from July to September 1863.
No remains of any kind for any work can be found on Morris Island, which has been severely eroded over the years. The current lighthouse was built in 1874, now awash in the tides since 1935, but still standing.

Black Island:
Black Island Battery (1863 - 1865), a CSA work that was uncompleted by May 1863, and then later (after July 1863) taken over by Union forces. A Union signal station and a stockade fort were also here later. Located southwest of the Swamp Angel Battery site.

James Island:
Battery Simkins (1863 - 1865), a CSA shore battery located southeast of Fort Johnson. Originally known as Shell Point Battery (1861), used in the opening rounds against Fort Sumter, it was then abandoned, but later rebuilt in 1863. Garrisoned by the Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC) (March-April 1861); the 2nd SC Artillery, Companies A and E (July 1864); and the 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Companies E, G, K (July 1864). No remains.

Fort Johnson (see separate listing on page 2). The Beach Battery (February-April 1861) (1st SC Volunteers (Gregg's), Company B Detachment; and 1st SC Battalion Artillery (Regulars), Company C) was here.

West and north of Fort Johnson along the shore were:
Battery Harleston (1863 - 1865) (four guns) (1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company G (January-December 1864)) remnants exist.
Battery Wampler (1863 - 1865) (1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company F (September 1863 - April 1864)) on Wampler Road, no remains.
Battery Tyers (1863) (possibly same as Battery Wampler ?).
Battery Styles (1863) (possibly same as Battery Glover ?).
Battery Glover (aka Battery Lawton) (1863 - 1865) (three guns) (25th SC Regiment (SCV) (November-December 1862, January-February 1863); German Artillery Battalion, Company B (January-May 1863); 2nd SC Artillery, Company G (July 1862 - December 1864); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company E (March-December 1864)) traces exist at end of Old Plantation Road.
Camp Glover, at Battery Glover.

CSA batteries located along Schooner Creek and Clark Sound protecting the rear flank of Fort Johnson included:
Battery Cheves (1863 - 1865), a CSA four-gun battery and powder magazine located inland, west of Battery Simkins. Garrisoned by J.R. Mathewes' Artillery (SC) (September-December 1863); and 2nd SC Artillery, Company A (July 1862 - December 1864, intermittant). Remnants still exist on Robert E. Lee Blvd. in Fort Johnson Estates. S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust
Battery Haskell (1863 - 1865) (Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), Company A (Palmetto Guard Artillery) (July 1863); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company D (July-September 1864), Company E (March-December 1864), Company H (November 1863 - April 1864); 25th SC Regiment (half) (September 1863)), trace remains on Schooner Road at Parrot Point.
Battery Tatum (1863 - 1865) (Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), Company B (August 1863); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company K (January-April 1864)) still exists near Grimsley Drive.
Battery Ryan - Left (1863 - 1865) (Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), 1st Company C (November 1863)).
Battery Ryan - Right (1863 - 1865) (Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), Company B (November 1863)), traces remain on Farm Road.
Battery Ramsay (1) (1863), west of Battery Ryan - Right (possibly same as Battery Reed ?).
Battery Reed (1862 - 1865) (two-guns) (2nd SC Artillery, Company B (June 1862)) on Stone Post Road (no remains). Originally named Enfilade Battery (2) (22nd SC Regiment (SCV), Detachment) (June 1862)), or Clark House Battery, until after the Battle of Secessionville.
Clark Sound Battery (1862 - 1863), an otherwise unnamed CSA work located in the Quail Hollow subdivision off of Fort Johnson Road, east of Secessionville Road. Not marked on period maps, probably an infantry parapet. Still exists, overgrown.
Camp Colquitt (2) (1864), a CSA camp located immediately south of the road from Camp Wheaton to "Artillery Crossroads". The Chatham Artillery (Georgia) was here in April-December 1864, and again in January-February 1865.

Located on a secondary line (Eastern James Island Line) running north from Clark's Point along Oceanview Road to Dills Bluff Road were:
Battery Haig (1) (1863 - 1865) (2nd SC Artillery, Company C (April 1863 - April 1864)).
Battery Palmer (1863 - 1865) (Santee Light Artillery (SC) (July-October 1862); 2nd SC Artillery, Company C (April 1863 - April 1864); 23rd SC Regiment, Company I (May 1863)).
This line included five other unnamed batteries (all 1861 - 1862), several of which still exist, including Redoubt Five, Redoubt Six, and Redoubt Three (on Five Oaks Drive in Patriot Plantation, east of Oceanview Road).
Camp Suber (January-March 1864) (5th SC Cavalry, four companies), at Dill's Bluff on James Island Creek.

CSA Bridge Neck Battery (no remains) was located northeast of Fort Lamar.
Fort Lamar (State Heritage Preserve) (1862 - 1865), a CSA six-gun earthwork at Secessionville. Originally named Tower Battery until 1864, as it was adjacent to a CSA lookout tower/signal station. Garrisoned by the 2nd SC Artillery (June 1862); 9th SC Battalion Infantry (June 1862); Charleston SC Battalion Infantry (June 1862); 23rd SC Regiment (SCV) (April-June 1862). Nicknamed Battery Crossfire by the Union attackers. The Battle of Secessionville was in June 1862. Remnants still exist, bisected by Fort Lamar Road.
Camp Secessionville (1863 - 1865), was at Secessionville. The 28th Battalion Georgia Siege Artillery was here in June 1864.
Camp DuBose (October 1863 - April 1864) (21st SC Regiment (SCV)) was near Secessionville.
Camp Simonton (1863), near Secessionville. The Chatham Artillery (Georgia) was here in July 1863.

CSA works that were part of the New James Island Line (1863 - 1865) included:
Battery Pringle, still exists, west of Riverland Drive on the Stono River, north of Grimball Shores. Garrisoned by the 15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (March-December 1864), Company C (September 1863 - March 1864, and July-August 1864); Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), Company B and 1st Company C (April-July 1864); and 1st SC Artillery (Regulars), Company B (July - ?, 1864).
Battery Tynes (15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company B (October 1863 - August 1864), Company C (October-December 1864), Battalion HQ (September-December 1864)), still exists just north of Battery Pringle, east of the mouth of James Island (Newtown) Creek.
Battery Leroy (Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), Company A (August-September 1863)), traces exist east of Battery Pringle, along Riverland Drive. Shown as "Battery Seroy" on at least one period map of the wartime defenses of Charleston Harbor.
Batteries 1, 2, 3, 4, and Battery 5 (2nd SC Artillery, Company H (March 1862 to December 1864)) in a line from Battery Leroy to Fort Lamar, all of which still exist to some degree. Battery 5 is located in the Stonefield area, and Batteries 1 and 2 are easily accessible off of Riverland Drive.
Traces of the CSA Cross Road Line still exist along Secessionville Road south of Fort Johnson Road.
Camp Artillery Crossroads (1863 - 1864), in the middle of James Island, not far from Battery Pringle. Manigault's Battalion Artillery (SC), 1st Company C was here in July-August 1863, and Companies B and C were here in April 1864.
New Lines Breastworks (1863 - 1865), extant infantry works located in Seaside Plantation.

Fort Pemberton (1862 - 1865), a CSA 20-gun fort on the Stono River at Elliot's Cut to Wappoo Creek. Garrisoned by the 15th SC Battalion Artillery (HQ May 1862 - August 1864); German Artillery Battalion, Company B (April-December 1862); Alston's Light Artillery Battalion (SC) (May-June 1862); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company I (November-December 1863); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company K (January-April 1864). Still exists at Riverland Terrace (Fort Pemberton Drive), although partially developed. S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust
An unnamed battery (1) (still extant) is located on the Stono River just north of Fort Pemberton. It may, however, possibly date from the 1780 British occupation of James Island.
Battery at Lawson's Place (September 1862) (German Artillery Battalion, Company B), unknown location, possibly near Fort Pemberton as this company was also there overlapping the same time.
Camp Pemberton (2) (May 1862 - January 1863) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company B), on Wappoo Creek.

Western James Island Line (1862 - 1865), a line of four unnamed CSA batteries located along Fleming Road between Maybank Highway (SC 700) and Central Park Road. Traces still exist.
Camp Lee (3) (March-May 1862) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company E), within the Western Line.

Camp Heyward (1) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company D (November 1861 - May 1862); Company F (April 1862 - ?)), on Wappoo Creek.
Battery Heyward (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (November 1861 - May 1862), on Wappoo Creek.
Battery Means (1863 - 1865), a CSA work located on the south side of the Wappoo Creek outlet at the Ashley River. Garrisoned by the 15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (November 1862 - February 1863); 2nd SC Artillery, Company C (March 1862 - April 1863); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company K (June-October 1863). Some remains.
Fort Waddy (October 1862) (15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company A), on the south side of Wappoo Creek at the Ashley River, near the later Battery Means (or the same ?).

Hill Battery (April 1861) (1st SC Battalion Artillery, Company C), undetermined site.
Camp Ripley (1) (1861 - 1863) (1st SC Battalion Cavalry, three companies (date ?); 3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company A (October-November 1861), Company C (August-October 1861), Company D (May-August 1862), Company G (July 1862 to February 1863)), undetermined site (on Heyward's Farm ?).
Camp Earle (May 1862) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company A), on Heyward's James Island Farm.

Camp Courtnay (March 1863) (46th Regiment Georgia Infantry), undetermined site.
Camp Dismal (December 1863 - March 1864) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers (infantry)), undetermined site.
Camp Gadberry (March-April 1863) (25th SC Regiment (SCV), near the Presbyterian Church (location ?) on James Island.
Camp Hagood (2) (November 1863) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers (infantry)), undetermined site.
Camp James Island (1863 - 1865), a large CSA encampment area, undetermined site. The 19th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in May-June 1863, and again from December 1863 to January 1864. The 23rd Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in February 1864. Several other units were also here at various times.
Camp at Legare's Point (May 1864) (27th Regiment Georgia Infantry) at Legare's Point.
Camp Perrin (mid April 1864) (25th SC Regiment (SCV)), undetermined location.
Camp Pettigrew (July 1863) (25th SC Regiment (SCV)), near Camp Stono.
Camp Stono (late summer 1862 - November 1862) (25th SC Regiment (SCV)), undetermined location, presumably along the Stono River.
Camp W.H.T. Walker (1863 - 1864), undetermined site. The Chatham Artillery (Georgia) was here from July 1863 to February 1864. The 32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry, Company D, was here in February 1864.
Camp Wheaton (1864), located "near Royal's place" (?) (undetermined). The Chatham Artillery (Georgia) was here in January-February 1864.

Camp at Grimball Plantation (possibly aka Camp Wright ?) (June 1862), a Union divisional encampment at the Thomas Grimball Plantation just prior to the action at Secessionville (June 1862). Located on the Stono River at Grimball Farm Lane.
Battery Wright (June 1862), a Union work located near the Grimball Plantation.
Camp Stevens (2) (June 1862), a Union divisional encampment located southwest of Secessionville, north of Coles Island.

West Charleston:
Battery (Fort) Barnes (1861 - 1863), a CSA work located in the St. Andrews area, just north of present-day US 17 and SC 61. No remains.
Battery (Fort) Gladden (1861 - 1863), a CSA work located in the St. Andrews area, just south of present-day US 17 and SC 61. No remains.
Camp Guerin (January-April 1862) (18th SC Regiment (SCV)), located on the west bank of the Ashley River.
Ashley River - Wappoo Creek Line (1863 - 1865), a line of CSA earthworks from present-day Ashleyville to Byrnes Downs, across both St. Andrews Blvd. (SC 171) and Savannah Highway (US 17). Traces may still exist.
Camp Wappoo (1862) (19th SC Regiment), a camp of instruction located at the Wappoo Bridge over Wappoo Creek. The Augusta Volunteers (Georgia), Company C, was also here in April 1862.
Camp Lee (2) (December 1861 - January 1862) (17th SC Regiment (SCV) and 23rd SC Regiment (SCV)), a CSA camp located on the north side of Wappoo Cut near its mouth at the Stono River. Both units left on February 1, 1862.

Battery Geddes, a CSA work in the Geddes Hall area on the Stono River, off of Wappoo Road near Capri Isles. Still exists.
Battery Haig (2), a CSA work west of Battery Geddes in the Oakland area. Still exists.
An unnamed CSA Battery (2) is located between Batteries Haig (2) and Wilkes (still extant).
Camp Gist (1862 - 1863) (3rd SC Battalion Cavalry; 17th SC Battalion Cavalry, Company C; 5th SC Cavalry, Company B; the Charleston SC Battalion Infantry; and the 24th SC Regiment (part)), located about four or five miles west of Charleston, along the old grade of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, near present-day Oakland.
Battery Wilkes (1863 - 1865) (8th SC Battalion, Reserves, Company B (July-August 1864)), two CSA works located along the old grade of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad and Turnpike Road (Savannah Highway) (present-day US 17) at Long Branch Creek, west of Battery Haig (2). Trace remains (altered) in a private yard on Etiwan Ave. in Long Branch Estates.

Battery at Johns Island Ferry, a CSA work on the north side of the Stono River at the village of Johns Island.

Long Branch Creek Battery, an otherwise unnamed CSA battery located between Batteries Wilkes and Magwood on Long Branch Creek, near Shaftsbury Village on Brighton Circle (still extant).
Battery Magwood, a CSA work on a canal south of Battery Gaillard, near the present-day Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital (SC 61 Expressway at Magwood Road). No remains.
Battery Gaillard, a CSA work south of Fort Bull (2) on Church Creek (Church Creek area on Old Fort Ave.).
Battery Banks, a CSA work southwest of Fort Bull (2), west of Battery Gaillard, on Church Creek at Bees Ferry Road (SC 57).
Fort Bull (2) (1863 - 1865), a CSA fort south of Bee's Ferry near Old Bees Ferry Road and the CSX railroad (Drayton-on-the-Ashley area). Remnants still extant, hidden by trees along Ashley River Road. A supporting battery was also located north of the river (Evanston Estates area).
An unnamed CSA Battery (3) is located east of Fort Bull (2), across Church Creek at Ashley River Road (SC 61).

Johns Island:
Fort Trenholm (1864 - 1865), a CSA 17-gun earthwork fort on the west bank of the Stono River. The 15th SC Battalion Artillery, Company B was here October-December 1864. Still extant, but partially destroyed (southeast bastion gone) during airport construction in the 1940's. Site off of Fort Trenholm Road at the northeast corner of the Johns Island / Charleston Executive Airport runway. Archaeological digs have been conducted.

Camp Buist (1862), a CSA camp (1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Companies B, C, E, and H), undetermined location.
Camp Pillow (February-May 1862) (17th SC Regiment (SCV)), located about six miles from the Johns Island ferry landing.
Camp Walker (1) (1862) (1st SC Cavalry), undetermined location.

Sol Legare Island:
CSA Chichester's Battery (June 1862) (Charleston SC Battalion Infantry), undetermined location.

Battery Island:
Fort Pickens (2) (1861 - 1862), a small CSA five-gun work that was abandoned when Coles Island was also abandoned. Garrisoned by the 1st SC Volunteers (Hagood's), 2nd Company E (January-April 1862); 6th SC Regiment (five companies); 1st SC Regiment (SCV), Company H, and 1st SC Battalion Artillery, Company C (both June-July 1861); Vigilant Rifles (SC), Local Defense (September 1861 - ?). Traces still remain.
Batteries One, Two, Three (1861 - 1862), CSA works, no remains.

Battery Island, located on the Stono River two miles upriver from the mouth, was briefly used by the Union during the assault on James Island in June 1862.

Coles Island:
Fort Palmetto (1) (see separate listing on page 2), also known as CSA Battery Seven (1861 - 1862). Garrisoned by the 1st SC Regiment (Regulars), Company D; 15th SC Battalion Artillery (July-November 1861); S.D. Lee's Battery (May 1861 to early 1862); and the 24th SC Regiment (part). Abandoned in May 1862. The 100th New York Infantry later occupied the island briefly in both March and May 1863, building a lookout post, guardhouse, and dock.
Batteries Four, Five, Six, Eight, Nine (1861 - 1862), CSA works, no remains.

Union troops permanently occupied Coles Island (with two redoubts) after July 1863 until at least December 1864 or January 1865. A signal station was also here.

Oak Island:
CSA Battery at Legare's Place (January-April 1862) (Gist Guard Heavy Artillery (SC). The Gist Guard Heavy Artillery was also at Legare's House on James Island (location ?).

Goat Island:
CSA Goat Island Batteries (August 1861 - January 1862) (1st SC Volunteers (Hagood's), 1st Company A).
CSA Camp Eutaw (May 1862) (11th SC Battalion Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F). Located north of Long Island, and south of the Fort Lamar State Heritage Preserve.

Long Island:
Two unnamed Union works (Forts Number 1 and Number 2) (1863 - 1865) were located on the western and eastern ends of the island. A signal station was also here. No remains. The 55th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) was at Fort No. 2 during the winter of 1864-1865.

Folly Island:
Fort Green (October 1863 - 1865) (eight guns), a Union fort located on the eastern end of the island at Lighthouse Inlet. No remains. This fort replaced 10 separate unnamed batteries (total 32 guns and 15 mortars) that were initially built in June 1863 for the planned assault on Morris Island in July 1863 (Lighthouse Inlet Batteries (USA) (1st U.S. Artillery, Company C; 3rd U.S. Artillery, Company E; 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery F; and 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Companies B, C, D, H, I, M). Remnants of Batteries I (six Wiard guns) and J (five siege mortars) still exist. The site was owned by the U.S. Coast Guard until 1995, now an undeveloped county park Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve (no vehicular access). A skirmish occurred at this end of the island in early May 1863, the only action on Folly Island during the war.
Camp Seymour (May-October 1863), a Union encampment near Lighthouse Inlet prior to the assault on Morris Island. Replaced by or renamed Fort Green in October 1863.
Camp Howell (May 1863 - March 1865), a fortified Union encampment (with two infantry redoubts), with a lookout post/signal station, in the center of the island. Elements of the 62nd Ohio Infantry, the 39th Illinois Infantry, and Battery F, 3rd New York Light Artillery were here in May 1863. By June 1863 the 6th Connecticut Infantry, the 4th New Hampshire Infantry, the 67th Ohio Infantry, the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry, and various detachments of cavalry (1st and 4th Massachusetts Cavalry), artillery (1st Connecticut Light Artillery Battery), and engineers (1st New York Engineers) were part of the Folly Island post. The 2nd South Carolina (U.S.) Volunteers (Colored) arrived in July 1863, and the 55th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) and the 1st North Carolina (U.S.) Colored Infantry arrived on the island in August 1863. The black units performed mostly fatigue duty during their stay, which lasted until March 1865. Several of the units were also regularly rotated to the various other occupied islands from time to time for fatigue duty or picket duty.
Battery (Fort) Delafield (May 1863 - 1865) (five guns), a Union work located on the western end of the island at Stono Inlet. No remains.
Battery (Fort) Mahan (May 1863 - 1865) (three guns), a Union work just north of Battery Delafield on the Folly River.
A Union signal station was also located at the western end of the island.

Union troops gathered on Folly Island in July 1863 for the first assault on Morris Island included the 6th, 7th and 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiments; 39th Illinois Infantry; 9th Maine Infantry; the 24th and 54th (Colored) Massachusetts Infantry; the 3rd, 4th, and 7th New Hampshire Infantry; the 48th, 56th, and 100th New York Infantry; the 62nd and 67th Ohio Infantry; the 52nd, 76th, 85th, 97th, and 104th Pennsylvania Infantry; and the 2nd South Carolina (U.S.) Volunteers (Colored).

Kiawah Island:
A Union signal station was located on the island (likely midway) during September 1863 to February 1864, part of the communications relay system between Hilton Head Island and Folly Island. There were no known gun batteries here.

Unknown Locations:
Confederate camps reportedly located somewhere "near" Charleston:
Battery Hagood (January-April 1863) (26th SC Regiment, Company H)
Camp Cain (December 1861) (Holcombe Legion, Cavalry Battalion, Company C; and Infantry Battalion, Company B)
Camp Means (November 1862 - February 1863) (9th SC Regiment, Reserves, Companies A, B, D)
Camp Mellechamps (May-June 1863) (3rd SC Battalion Artillery, Company G)
Camp O'Connor (March-May 1862) (LaFayette Light Artillery (SC))

South Carolina state troop dispositions during the Civil War courtesy of South Carolina in the American Civil War, on www.Carolana.com by J.D. Lewis.

Coastal South Carolina - page 1 | Greater Charleston Area I - page 2
Port Royal Sound Area - page 4 | Interior South Carolina - page 5

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