The Battery Commander was in direct charge of two gun positions and a range section, totaling over 100 men. From this small room he observed the effects of fire, made adjustments and corrections, and issued orders to his two-gun battery. His . . . — — Map (db m223916) HM
Breach Inlet
This beautiful Atlantic Ocean Inlet has separated Sullivan's Island from Isle of Palms for centuries. The shore and sandbars change constantly, as strong and dangerous tidal currents flow into and out of the salt marsh between . . . — — Map (db m224049) HM
Completed in 1962, the Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island is the last major lighthouse built in the United States. It was designed by architect Jack Graham while he was enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard. Many of the design features can be . . . — — Map (db m224047) HM
Hitting a moving target eight miles at sea required a sequence of fast and accurate communications from observation posts to plotting room, to battery
commander, and to the gun pointers. Telephones located in the armored recess to the left . . . — — Map (db m223907) HM
During the 1880s, with its defenses crumbling and obsolete, the United States needed a new system to defend its shores. A Board of Fortifications convened in 1885 and recommended the construction of massive gun batteries, like Battery Jasper, as . . . — — Map (db m224025) HM
1902-1947
This one-story brick structure was built in 1902 by the US Army Corps of Engineers for the storage of torpedoes and equipment used to defend Charleston Harbor by the United States Army.
1950-1953
After the US Army left in 1947, this . . . — — Map (db m225171) HM
Armed with slide rules and other instruments, Coast Artillerists of the "Range Section" were assigned to nearby plotting rooms. There they received target sightings from two remote observation posts known as base-end stations. By simple . . . — — Map (db m223904) HM
With completion of the expansion that created Fort Moultrie Military Reservation during the first decade of the twentieth century, the Army now owned over one-third of Sullivan’s Island. The main part of the post extended from Station 12 to . . . — — Map (db m224031) HM
Shells arriving from the magazine below were rolled onto the projectile delivery table to the right. Two members of the gun crew placed the projectile on a shot cart parked within the metal floor guides and rolled it to the rear of the gun, where . . . — — Map (db m223909) HM
Residents of Sullivan’s Island had never held title to their land and homes. Instead, they were given long-term leases with the understanding that if their property were ever needed for national defense, that would take precedence. From 1895 to . . . — — Map (db m225199) HM
A Memorial to the Valor of
Sergeant Jasper
who at Fort Moultrie on June
28, 1776 gallantly rescued his
regimental flag during heavy
cannonading by the British
Fleet under Sir Peter Parker
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Erected by the North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m224048) HM
The Fort Moultrie Military Reservation spanned over 300 acres in 1903. It had expanded well beyond the walls of the old brick fort and entered the modern era of coast artillery when it added eight gun batteries and supporting facilities, . . . — — Map (db m224027) HM
The US Life-Saving Service was created in 1878 when coastal shipping was a principal means of transportation. It’s purpose was to protect the lives and material involved in maritime trade. The only Life-Saving Station built in South Carolina, the . . . — — Map (db m224045) HM
Only one person has earned America's two highest awards for heroism, the Carnegie Medal and the Medal of Honor. His name was Aquilla James (Jimmie) Dyess. Raised in North Augusta, South Carolina, he became an eagle scout at age fourteen. In 1928, . . . — — Map (db m223919) HM
Established in 1973, the US Coast Guard Historic District is an example of federal maritime architecture that reflects 113 years of the national commitment to safeguarding America’s coastline. The district was originally built by the US Life . . . — — Map (db m224186) HM
Two problems plagued the artillerymen of Battery Jasper from the time of its construction: water seepage and the glare of sunlight off the white concrete surfaces. As a result, the battery received a coat of black asphalt paint in 1904. . . . — — Map (db m223902) HM
