page_title: Battery White
section_title: Battery White postbellum
hierarchical_section_title: Battery White / Battery White postbellum
caption_attribution_description: English: From U.S. Navy public domain Photo #: NH 53685 USS Harvest Moon (1864-1865) SCUBA Divers use rods to probe the area of the ship's wreck, circa 1963. Note the remains of her smokestack nearby. Harvest Moon was sunk by a mine in Georgetown Bay, South Carolina, on 1 March 1865. Courtesy of Walter McDonald. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/harv-mn.htm
context_page_description: Battery White was an artillery battery constructed by the Confederates during the American Civil War. Built in 1862–63 to defend Winyah Bay on the South Carolina 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.
  The battery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on private land, but is open to the public.
context_section_description: 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 United Daughters of the Confederacy 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.
  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 to the National Register of Historic Places.  In 2008, the site was re-opened to the public.
  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.
  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.
  Harvest Moon 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, 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.
caption: U.S. Navy divers survey Harvest Moon, 1963
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