Charleston Battery overlooking the Cooper River, corner of East Bay and Water Streets, 2023 ID: 612 | This file appears in: Overcoming: Septima Clark Meets Personal Challenges, 1920-47 In 1921, Septima Poinsette Clark came here, distraught over the death of her infant daughter. “I went down on the Battery and I thought so much about drowning myself,” she recalled years later. Fortunately, her family noticed she was gone and brought her back home. Download Original File " Charleston Battery overlooking the Cooper River, corner of East Bay and Water Streets, 2023" appears in: Overcoming: Septima Clark Meets Personal Challenges, 1920-47