From the Feb. 10, 2021,Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News "Carolina Beach fulfills wish of late resident with opening of new Civil War Park" by Hunter Ingram.
After more than eight years of work and preparation, Carolina Beach (North Carolina) will unveil the new Joseph Ryder Lewis Jr. Civil War park this week.
It is located in a rapidly developing portion of Federal Point, a piece of land rooted in Civil War history is now to be forever preserved.
Yesterday, Thursday, the town of Carolina Beach and the Federal Point Preservation Society unveiled the new park built on land donated by its namesake. It features earthworks manned by Confederates during the waning days of the Civil War called the Sugar Loaf Line.
--Old B-Runner
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