The Battery, stretches along the lower shores of the historic Charleston, SC peninsula; is bordered by two rivers, The Ashley and The Cooper. In the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War times it acted as a defensive seawall. Today, as then it acts as a social and scenic promenade where one can view such historic sites as Fort Sumter. White Point Gardens is located at the tip of the Charleston Peninsula. Across from the gardens are many famous stately antebellum homes. Among them are the Charles Drayton, Roper, and the William Ravenel Homes and # 4 South Battery, what I like to call ‘The White House’.