Last updated: January 27, 2024
Place
Battery Bingham & Battery McCorkle
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Location:
Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island
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2 listed
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Battery Bingham and Battery McCorkle are the Endicott Period batteries along the southern wall of Fort Moultrie. They formed part of the larger program of the modernization of the defense of Charleston Harbor.
Battery Bingham was begun in April and completed by June 30, 1898. This emplacement consisted of two gun positions separated by an underground service magazine. A gallery was also built to connect the battery with the 1872-76 Principal Magazine. The two Armstrong 4.7 inch rapid-fire guns were mounted in October and small additions made to the concrete work, including a six inch thick apron, in November 1898.
Construction of Battery McCorkle began on January 2, 1899 and was completed by May of that year. The three Driggs-Seabury 15-pounders were not mounted until April 1901.
These smaller rapid-fire batteries would prevent enemy minesweepers from breaking through the harbor's mine defenses while the massive rifles of Battery Huger and Battery Jasper would target more distant enemy surface ships.
Battery Bingham was begun in April and completed by June 30, 1898. This emplacement consisted of two gun positions separated by an underground service magazine. A gallery was also built to connect the battery with the 1872-76 Principal Magazine. The two Armstrong 4.7 inch rapid-fire guns were mounted in October and small additions made to the concrete work, including a six inch thick apron, in November 1898.
Construction of Battery McCorkle began on January 2, 1899 and was completed by May of that year. The three Driggs-Seabury 15-pounders were not mounted until April 1901.
These smaller rapid-fire batteries would prevent enemy minesweepers from breaking through the harbor's mine defenses while the massive rifles of Battery Huger and Battery Jasper would target more distant enemy surface ships.