Feb. 18th Wilmington Star News. Always a great source if you want to know anything going on in and around that part of North Carolina.
The three skeletal remains found at the golf course on Bald Head Island earlier this month will be examined by North Carolina state archaeologists. Work at the 7th green has been suspended for now, but other projects at the course will be continued.
The first skeleton was discovered Feb. 5th and the second a few days later. Feb. 12th, the third set was discovered in a pile of sand already dug up.
It is believed that they are most likely from the Civil War era as Confederate Fort Holmes was on the site. Small buttons with military insignia were discovered by the third skeleton.
There are no known records of burials at the site, but 28 deaths occurred at the island during Confederate occupation. Some of the dead no doubt were buried back at their homes.
Their burials are consistent with what you'd expect to find at a cemetery.
The Mystery Deepens. --Old B-Runner
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