The Civil War era earthworks here were removed after the war, but this downtown park retains an impressive display of heavy ordnance used to defend and shell Charleston. 

Charleston’s monument to its Confederate Defenders stands here as does a monument to the Crews of the Submarine H. L. Hunley. Other heroes are remembered here as well with a capstan from the U.S.S. Maine and a monument to the Revolutionary War Hero Sgt. Jasper.

The high battery on East Bay street is virtually unchanged since the war and engravings of citizens watching the shelling of Ft. Sumter in 1861 and the Ironclad attack against Sumter in 1863 may be found in many history books. A bronze plate in the slate sidewalk of High Battery near the steps orients visitors to the City’s Civil War Landmarks. Charleston’s "little angel" water fountain is also here, beloved by all children.