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There was also a gun emplacement as a part of the Fort Fisher defenses known as Battery Robinette. So maybe the Southern defenders saw a fort as a larger complex and batteries as parts of that.
My general rule of thumb is a fort is a position that can provide 360 degree security whereas a battery generally faces in one direction such as the batteries along the James River meant for the defense of Richmond against Union ships moving up river or batteries located all along the Confederate coast for coastal defense purposes like those at Charleston or Cape Fear.