Battery Huger marker at Fort Sumter / Battery Huger - Charleston, SC
N 32° 45.142 W 079° 52.494
17S E 605397 N 3624394
A historical marker explaining the later Spanish-American War usage of Fort Sumter
Waymark Code: WMKP35
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2014
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Taking up the entire center of Fort Sumter...
Battery Huger (long u - j long e) looms before you. Battery Huger, the black, concrete structure filling the center of Fort Sumter, was built in 1899 in response to the Spanish-American War. Named for the Revolutionary War hero Isaac Huger, the battery was part of a seacoast defense system that protected Charleston Harbor. By 1945 installations like Battery Huger were obsolete, and Fort Sumter was transferred to the National Park Service.
A gun crew in 1901 (below) drills on one of Battery Huger's two 12-inch rifled cannon. The crew could load and fire a 1,000 pound shell every 90 seconds. The battery could hit a moving battleship eight miles away. Note Battery Huger's camouflage pattern (right) during World War II.