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Battery White

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In the 1970s, the plantation was developed as a condominium complex. Portions of the 100-acre (40 ha) complex of fortifications were lost to construction. However, the owners elected to preserve Battery White itself. In 1977, a 3-acre (1.2 ha) area encompassing the battery was nominated
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24-pounders, and two banded rifled 12-pounders. A 6-pound smoothbore flanked the ditch. The rear was defended by a "formidable" rampart and ditch, with a 24-pound smoothbore at either end; in the fort were numerous traverses and magazines. The approach along the beach to the battery's right flank
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In February 1863, Trapier reported that the Mayrant's Bluff fortification, now named Battery White, was occupied by only 53 men and nine guns. Even this small force sufficed to stop Federal incursions up the rivers of Winyah Bay. However, rice production in the Georgetown area did not recover: the
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Trapier was less than pleased with the troops and artillery that he had been given. The new regiment, he noted, arrived at the battery without arms and ammunition; and as Reserves, would only be in service for 90 days, not enough time to make effective soldiers of them even had they been armed. He
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had sent its boats out to sweep for such devices. However, their efforts may have been perfunctory: according to Dahlgren's report, "...so much has been said in ridicule of torpedoes that very little precautions are deemed necessary, and if resorted to are probably taken with less care than if due
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Soon thereafter, Dahlgren inspected the battery, and was impressed. The fortification, he wrote, was well situated and designed, laid out to defend against both shipborne bombardment and attack by landing parties. Eleven guns bore on the channel: two 10-inch (254 mm) Columbiads, three banded
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The Federal forces made no attempt to seize territory up the rivers, and their expeditions were limited by the draft of their vessels. Nevertheless, they conducted a number of raids in which they damaged facilities, seized rice, and released slaves; and these raids severely disrupted the region's
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was never salvaged, and has gradually sunk deeper into the mud of the bay. In the mid-1960s, the top deck lay under an estimated six feet (1.8 m) of mud. A Georgetown group attempted to salvage and restore the vessel as a tourist attraction, and in 1964 the U.S. Navy formally abandoned it,
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Despite the paucity of men and weaponry, the new battery proved effective. On November 11, 1862, two Union gunboats entered Winyah Bay and began firing on the Mayrant's Bluff works. The Second South Carolina Artillery, which had set up nine guns in the fortification, responded; and within a few
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Pemberton still refused to move artillery and men to the Georgetown area, maintaining that all of his resources were necessary for the protection of Charleston. However, his superiors ordered him to construct new fortifications at Winyah Bay. Since the Union now controlled the islands, it was
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noted that the island forts were unoccupied. They landed troops to occupy North Island, which became the principal local Union base for much of the war; and they destroyed the fortifications on South and Cat Islands. They also sailed some 10 miles (16 km) up the Waccamaw River, where they
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The battery's earthworks are for the most part well preserved. The powder magazines have deteriorated, owing to collapse of the earth mounds following decay of their wooden interior shoring. The two Columbiads have been re-mounted and once again point out over Winyah Bay.
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The island fortifications were never tested against a major Union attack. However, they served a useful purpose in dealing with grounded ships, both Confederate and Federal; in protecting the entrance to the bay; and in maintaining Confederate possession of the islands.
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For over a century after the Civil War, the grounds on which Battery White stood were part of the Belle Isle Plantation. During the late 19th century, extensive landscaping was undertaken on the plantation. The
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Three of the battery's guns have been placed in Georgetown. A 24-pound gun has been mounted in front of the National Guard Armory, and two cannon are displayed in Constitution Park on the Georgetown waterfront.
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The battery continued to lose manpower, despite Trapier's ongoing calls for more troops and guns. In October 1864, a body of eleven deserters from the Confederate German Artillery reached the gunboat
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ordered the development of coastal defenses for South Carolina, including batteries situated on three islands flanking the mouth of Winyah Bay: North Island, South Island, and Cat Island. The
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of the Santee River, whose mouths lie just below the bay. Curtailing rice production would not only damage the local economy, but would impair the Confederacy's ability to feed its armies.
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moved up the coast to Georgetown, which Dahlgren thought might be a useful point of communication with Sherman's land forces. On February 23, deserters told the captain of the gunboat
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raids had destroyed too much of the physical plant, carried off too many of the slaves, and created too much uncertainty for planters to return to anything near full production.
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necessary to find sites further up the bay. On August 3, 1862, Pemberton visited the area and selected Mayrant's Bluff and Frazier's Point as the sites for the new batteries.
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was covered by a 24-pound and a 12-pound smoothbore. "If the works had been sufficiently manned", wrote Dahlgren, "it would have required good troops to take the work."
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As early as January 1865, Union sympathizers in Georgetown had warned Dahlgren's forces about the existence of mines in the channel. While approaching Battery White,
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coast, the battery was strongly situated and constructed; however, it was inadequately manned, and was captured without resistance during the final months of the war.
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erected a memorial stone on the site in 1929. In about 1946, the plantation gardens, including the battery, were opened to the public, and remained thus until 1974.
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Later in August 1862, Pemberton was promoted to lieutenant general and sent to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, where he would eventually surrender
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rendering it eligible for private salvage; but the attempt failed for lack of funds. As of 2011, the ship's boiler stack was still visible at low tide.
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By the fall of 1864, the Union fleet had effectively closed Winyah Bay to blockade runners. Accordingly, the Confederate command had elected to lay
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Even before the outbreak of the Civil War, the secessionist government of South Carolina was concerned with the possibility of attack by sea in
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economy. Rice production in particular suffered, since it depended on a labor force of skilled slaves performing carefully timed tasks.
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fired four rounds into the battery. When no response was made, a party was sent ashore; they found the battery abandoned and its guns
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forces. Winyah Bay would furnish a sheltered anchorage large enough for the entire United States Navy of 1861. The city of
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raided a mill and carried off 80 slaves. Settled on North Island, these freed slaves formed the nucleus of a colony of "
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Letter of surrender from R. O. Bush, intendant, and wardens of Georgetown, South Carolina; February 25, 1865. In
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moved northward from Georgia into South Carolina. On February 2 and 3, they defeated a Confederate force in the
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that the battery was "armed and completed", and that he had sent a new regiment of the State Reserves to General
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in November 1861 lent urgency to the construction and improvement of these works, which was done under
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planters to "aid in the erection of Batteries to protect and defend the entrance of Winyah Bay and the
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Union naval forces were quick to take advantage of this new vulnerability. In May 1862, the gunboats
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Report by Admiral J. A. Dahlgren to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; February 28, 1865. In
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Report by Admiral J. A. Dahlgren to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; February 28, 1865. In
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Charles Alston, aide-de-camp to Pickens; December 30, 1860. Quoted in George C. Rogers, Jr.,
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concluded that the bay was too well defended for him to render aid to prospective deserters.
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Report by Admiral J. A. Dahlgren to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; March 1, 1865. In
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The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865
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continued up the bay and landed a party of Marines to take possession of Georgetown; the
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P. G. T. Beauregard to James Chesnut, Jr., November 10, 1862; quoted in Alfred Roman,
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P. G. T. Beauregard to Francis Pickens, October 8, 1862; quoted in Simmons, p. 107.
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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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at South Carolina Department of Archives and History: includes a number of photos
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
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Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River
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Matters changed in early 1862. In March of that year, Lee was recalled to
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National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown County, South Carolina
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Obtained by entering "Battery White" in "Resource Name" search field at
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Battery White earthworks. Winyah Bay is out of the photo to the left.
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In November 1864, Trapier was ordered to bring most of his forces to
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Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. 277–78. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. 273–74. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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weight was attached to the existence of these mischievous things."
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Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. 7–8. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
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on the bay was the largest on the South Carolina coast north of
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Government Printing Office, 1903, p. 275. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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Government Printing Office, 1903, p. 276. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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In January and early February 1865, Union forces under General
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American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places
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Buildings and structures in Georgetown County, South Carolina
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is described as a "378-ton (burden) wooden screw gunboat" at
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Winyah Bay, including locations of Battery White and sunken
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to James Chesnut, Jr., July 26, 1862; retrieved 2011-09-16.
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Report of Commander J. Blakeley Creighton, captain of USS
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had also been given fairly light guns; what he wanted was
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Tourist attractions in Georgetown County, South Carolina
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that Battery White had been or would soon be evacuated.
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Report of Lieutenant R. P. Swann, commander of the USS
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in charge of the district that included Georgetown and
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Artillery battery fortifications in the United States
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of the city formally surrendered it on February 25.
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minutes, the Federal vessels were forced to retire.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Battery White is located in South Carolina
Battery White is located in the United States
Georgetown, South Carolina
33°18′13″N 79°17′38″W / 33.30361°N 79.29389°W / 33.30361; -79.29389
77001222
artillery battery
Confederates
American Civil War
Winyah Bay
South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places
Georgetown County
Ordinance of Secession
Francis Pickens
Lowcountry
Santee River
Union
Georgetown
Charleston
Black
Pee Dee
Waccamaw
Sampit
distributary channels

USS Harvest Moon
P. G. T. Beauregard
Federal capture of Port Royal

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