James Island in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Redoubt Number 3
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2010
1. Redoubt Number 3 Marker
Redoubt Number 3, built here in 1861-62, was one of six identical Confederate earthworks built across the enter of James Island, known collectively as the East Lines. Intended to help defend Charleston from Federal attacks up the Stono River, they were 60 yds. square and built for two guns each. In November 1863 this redoubt was armed with a single 24-pounder smoothbore cannon.
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The East Lines stretched south from a tributary of James Island Creek, on Croskey Royalls plantation, to Clark Sound, on the Rev. Stiles Mellichamps plantation. By late 1863, stronger earthworks, called the New Lines, were built nearer the Stono River, making these lines obsolete. This redoubt and the rest of Charlestons defenses were evacuated February 17, 1865.
Erected 2008 by The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust. (Marker Number 10-61.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is February 17, 1925.
Location. 32° 43.593′ N, 79° 56.289′ W. Marker is on James Island, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on 5 Oaks Court, on the right
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Regionally, this marker is in Historic Charleston and in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battery Reed (approx. 0.8 miles away); Riversville / Battle of Secessionville (approx. 1.4 miles away); Battle of Secessionville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Secessionville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Battery Number 5 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Battery Haskell (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hunter's Volunteers
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 20, 2010
2. Redoubt Number 3 Marker, reverse side
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 20, 2010
3. Redoubt Number 3 Marker along 5 Oaks Court
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 20, 2010
4. Redoubt Number 3 ; little remains of overgrown earthworks
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 20, 2010
5. Redoubt Number 3
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 20, 2010
6. Redoubt Number 3 Marker, returning north on 5 Oaks Court
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,373 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 11, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
