Before Lewis Jr's passing at age 84 in 2010, the lifelong Carolina Beach resident, US Army veteran and member of the Federal Point Historical Preservation Society (I also belong to it) bequeathed the 10-acre patch of land to the town on the condition that it be turned into a park that preserved and highlighted the site's significance to the Confederacy in late 1864 and early 1865 when Union forces attacked Fort Fisher, several miles to the south of the park.
Today, the park includes a new bridge constructed over marshy land and connecting guests from the parking area to the preserved area that includes part of the Confederate Sugar Loaf Line earthworks.
The site isn't easy to find, though.
It sits behind a swath of commercial development on Carolina Beach Road (US Highway 421) that includes Dollar General and an ABC (alcohol) Store. It is also beside the new Publix Grocery Store with which it shares its parking lot entrance.
--Old B-Runner
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