The April 5th Georgetown (SC) Times reports good news that the remains of battery White will be protected and preserved from now on thanks to an agreement between the Belle Isle Yacht Club and South Carolina Preservation Trust signed this past Saturday during the 63rd annual plantation tour.
The fort/battery was built during the Civil War as protection of Winyah Bay and Georgetown.
The fort's features will be "retained and maintained in their current condition forever." Future development of the six-acre site will not be allowed. The local Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans have been maintaining a park there.
A few years back, there was some worry about the yacht club's planned clubhouse, but it was built adjacent to the battery instead of in front of it which would have blocked a remarkable view of the bay and ocean.
You can learn more at www.batterywhite.org.
Of course, yacht club sounds a bit on the "private" side to me. Hopefully they will keep it open for us regular folk so we can see it.
Always Good to get This Kind of News.
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
