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{{Short description|Historic veterans cemetery in Beaufort County, South Carolina}} |
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| name = Beaufort National Cemetery |
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| caption = Beaufort National Cemetery |
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| location = 1601 Boundary St., [[Beaufort, South Carolina]] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|32|26|29|N|80|40|47|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} |
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| locmapin = South Carolina#USA |
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| built = 1863 |
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| architecture = Colonial, Dutch Colonial |
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| added = October 10, 1997 |
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| area = {{convert|44.1|acre}} |
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| governing_body = Department of Veterans Affairs |
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'''Beaufort National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]], in the city of [[Beaufort, South Carolina]].<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web |
'''Beaufort National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located in [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]], in the city of [[Beaufort, South Carolina]].<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web |
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| last = Sammartino | first = Therese T. | title = Beaufort National Cemetery | work = National Register of Historic Places |
| last = Sammartino | first = Therese T. | title = Beaufort National Cemetery | work = National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory | date = May 27, 1997 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707062/S10817707062.pdf | access-date = 8 June 2012}}</ref><ref name = scdah>{{Cite web | title = Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort County (1601 Boundary St., Beaufort) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707062/index.htm | access-date = 8 June 2012}}</ref> Managed by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], it encompasses {{convert|44.1|acre}}, and as of 2024, had over 28,725 interments. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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⚫ | The original interments in the cemetery were men who died in nearby [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] hospitals during the occupation of the area early in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], mainly in 1861, following the [[Battle of Port Royal]]. Battlefield casualties from around the area were also reinterred in the cemetery, including over 100 [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. It became a National Cemetery with the National Cemetery Act by [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1863 |
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⚫ | The original interments in the cemetery were men who died in nearby [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] hospitals during the occupation of the area early in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], mainly in 1861, following the [[Battle of Port Royal]]. Battlefield casualties from around the area were also reinterred in the cemetery, including over 100 [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. It became a National Cemetery with the National Cemetery Act by [[Abraham Lincoln]] in 1863. |
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Of the Civil War soldiers buried here, there are: 9,000 Union soldiers (3,607 unknown,) 2,800 POWs from the camp at Millen and 1,700 African-American union soldiers. There are also 102 confederate soldiers.<ref name="Beaufort National Cemetery">{{Cite web |title=Beaufort National Cemetery |url=https://www.battlefields.org/visit/heritage-sites/beaufort-national-cemetery |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=American Battlefield Trust |language=en-US}}</ref> The remains of 27 [[Union Army|Union]] [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] were reinterred from [[Blackshear Prison]] following the war.<ref name="Beaufort National Cemetery"/> |
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In 1987, the remains of nineteen Union soldiers of the all black [[Massachusetts]] 55th Volunteer Infantry were discovered on [[Folly Island, South Carolina]]. The Massachusetts 55th had been stationed on Folly Island from late 1863 to early 1864 and was a sister unit to the better-known [[Massachusetts]] 54th Volunteer Infantry, featured in the film ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]''. On May 29, 1989, these soldiers were reinterred in the Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Cast members from the film served as the honor guard at the ceremony. |
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⚫ | Beaufort National Cemetery now has interments from every major [[United States|American]] conflict since the Civil War, including the [[Spanish–American War]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], and the [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SCDAH |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707062/index.htm |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=www.nationalregister.sc.gov}}</ref> |
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In 1987, the remains of nineteen Union soldiers of the all black [[Massachusetts]] 55th Volunteer Infantry were discovered on [[Folly Island, South Carolina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Art |date=1989-05-30 |title=SALUTE TO A FORGOTTEN BLACK REGIMENT |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/30/salute-to-a-forgotten-black-regiment/bfb4ed0d-bf30-42dc-af7e-e34336a61c48/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The Folly North Archaeological Project, 1990 did further excavations in the area after Hurricane Hugo revealed artifacts due to erosion of the soil and due to concerns of future erosion in the area. The Items discovered included leather shoes, rubberized canvas, wood staves and animal bone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Charleston Museum {{!}} News and Events » The Folly North Archaeological Project, 1990 |url=https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/news-events/the-folly-north-archaeological-projec/ |access-date=2022-12-04 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The Massachusetts 55th had been stationed on Folly Island from late 1863 to early 1864 and was a sister unit to the better-known [[Massachusetts]] 54th Volunteer Infantry, featured in the film ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]''. |
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On May 29, 1989, the 54th soldiers were reinterred in the Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Cast members from the film served as the honor guard at the ceremony.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Notable interments == |
== Notable interments == |
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{{Category see also|Burials at Beaufort National Cemetery}} |
{{Category see also|Burials at Beaufort National Cemetery}} |
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* [[Medal of Honor]] recipients |
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* Private First Class [[Ralph H. Johnson]], |
** Private First Class [[Ralph H. Johnson]] (1949–1968), recipient for action in the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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* Captain [[John J. McGinty III]], |
** Captain [[John J. McGinty III]] (1940–2014), recipient for action in the [[Vietnam War]] |
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* Others |
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⚫ | * [[Chuck Taliano]], |
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** Cook Petty Officer 1st Class William Pickney (1915-1976), second African American to be awarded the Navy Coss, for heroism during the Battle of Santa Cruz. |
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⚫ | * Colonel [[Robert Gould Shaw]], commander of the African-American [[54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment|54th Massachusetts Regiment]], subject of the movie [[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]] |
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* Major General William W. Cobb Sr., U.S. Commandant of American Sector (Berlin), Commander of 11th Armored Cavalry (Vietnam), Paratrooper (WWII). |
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⚫ | ** Colonel [[Robert Gould Shaw]] (1837–1863), commander of the African-American [[54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment|54th Massachusetts Regiment]], subject of the movie [[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9t-CQAAQBAJ&dq=robert+shaw+beaufort+national+cemetery&pg=PT40 |title = No Holier Spot of Ground: Confederate Monuments & Cemeteries of South Carolina|isbn = 9781614232827|last1 = Johnson|first1 = Kristina Dunn|date = 2009-04-06| publisher=Arcadia }}</ref> is likely buried in one of the 3,607 unknown gravesites in the cemetery. |
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⚫ | ** [[Chuck Taliano]] (1945–2010), USMC [[drill instructor]] featured in the "''We don’t promise you a rose garden''" [[recruitment poster]] during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=state>{{cite news|first=Patrick|last=Donahue|title=Ex-Marine, S.C. resident on famous poster dies|url=http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/14/1331501/ex-marine-sc-resident-on-famous.html|work=[[The Beaufort Gazette]]|publisher=The State (newspaper)|date=2010-06-14|access-date=2010-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615011537/http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/14/1331501/ex-marine-sc-resident-on-famous.html|archive-date=15 June 2010|url-status = dead}}</ref> |
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* Capt. Albert L. Schlegel, Jr., World War II fighter pilot and flying ace, reportedly captured by German troops and executed. Originally interred in France as an "unknown" until 2016, re-interred in Beaufort on March 30, 2017. |
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** US Army General [[James Grimsley]] (1921–2013) |
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* Capt. Albert L. Schlegel, Jr., US Army Air Corps, served as a fighter pilot with the Canadian Royal Air Force until the United States entered WW II. After transferring to the Army Air Corps, he qualified as an "ace", with 13.5 confirmed kills and 2.5 probables. On August 28, 1944, he was shot down on a mission over Valmy, France. Although he successfully bailed out, he was reportedly captured by German troops and shot. His body was interred in France as an "unknown" until 2016, when his body was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency through medical records. He was reinterred in Beaufort on March 30, 2017. --> |
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[[File:BeaufortCemeteryTwilight.jpg|thumb|300px|Twilight at Beaufort National Cemetery]] |
[[File:BeaufortCemeteryTwilight.jpg|thumb|300px|Twilight at Beaufort National Cemetery]] |
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* Non-US Servicemembers |
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* Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson, Lieutenant of [[Royal Navy]], only one of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] war dead in [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720024/ADAMSON,%20IAN%20RONALD%20ATHERTON CWGC: Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson]</ref> |
** Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson, Lieutenant of [[Royal Navy]], only one of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] war dead in [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720024/ADAMSON,%20IAN%20RONALD%20ATHERTON CWGC: Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson]</ref> |
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** Maschinenmaat Gerd Reusell was a crewmember of U-352 that died of wounds when it was sunk on May 9, 1942 by USCG Icarus. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{HALS |survey=SC-1 |id=sc1144 |title=Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC |photos=34 |cap=4}} |
* {{HALS |survey=SC-1 |id=sc1144 |title=Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC |photos=34 |cap=4}} |
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* {{HALS |survey=SC-1-A |id=sc1147 |title=Beaufort National Cemetery, Wall |photos=16 |dwgs=1 |data=6 |cap=2 |link=no}} |
* {{HALS |survey=SC-1-A |id=sc1147 |title=Beaufort National Cemetery, Wall |photos=16 |dwgs=1 |data=6 |cap=2 |link=no}} |
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* {{GNIS|1220420}} |
* {{GNIS|type=retired|1220420}} |
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* {{Find a Grave cemetery}} |
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=69466 Beaufort National Cemetery] at [[Find a Grave]] |
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* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073180/BEAUFORT%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY CWGC: Beaufort National Cemetery] |
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073180/BEAUFORT%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY CWGC: Beaufort National Cemetery] |
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Revision as of 03:20, 18 April 2024
Beaufort National Cemetery | |
Location | 1601 Boundary St., Beaufort, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°26′29″N 80°40′47″W / 32.44139°N 80.67972°W |
Area | 44.1 acres (17.8 ha) |
Built | 1863 |
Architectural style | Colonial, Dutch Colonial |
MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 97001208[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 10, 1997 |
Beaufort National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Beaufort County, in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina.[2][3] Managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 44.1 acres (17.8 ha), and as of 2024, had over 28,725 interments.
History
The original interments in the cemetery were men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation of the area early in the Civil War, mainly in 1861, following the Battle of Port Royal. Battlefield casualties from around the area were also reinterred in the cemetery, including over 100 Confederate soldiers. It became a National Cemetery with the National Cemetery Act by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
Of the Civil War soldiers buried here, there are: 9,000 Union soldiers (3,607 unknown,) 2,800 POWs from the camp at Millen and 1,700 African-American union soldiers. There are also 102 confederate soldiers.[4] The remains of 27 Union prisoners of war were reinterred from Blackshear Prison following the war.[4]
Beaufort National Cemetery now has interments from every major American conflict since the Civil War, including the Spanish–American War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.[5]
In 1987, the remains of nineteen Union soldiers of the all black Massachusetts 55th Volunteer Infantry were discovered on Folly Island, South Carolina.[6] The Folly North Archaeological Project, 1990 did further excavations in the area after Hurricane Hugo revealed artifacts due to erosion of the soil and due to concerns of future erosion in the area. The Items discovered included leather shoes, rubberized canvas, wood staves and animal bone.[7]
The Massachusetts 55th had been stationed on Folly Island from late 1863 to early 1864 and was a sister unit to the better-known Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry, featured in the film Glory.
On May 29, 1989, the 54th soldiers were reinterred in the Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Cast members from the film served as the honor guard at the ceremony.[6]
Beaufort National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[citation needed]
Notable interments
- Medal of Honor recipients
- Private First Class Ralph H. Johnson (1949–1968), recipient for action in the Vietnam War.
- Captain John J. McGinty III (1940–2014), recipient for action in the Vietnam War
- Others
- Colonel Donald Conroy (1921–1998), inspiration for the character Wilbur "Bull" Meachum in The Great Santini.
- John N. McLaughlin (1918–2002), Marine Corps Lieutenant General, served in three wars and spent three years as P.O.W.
- Cook Petty Officer 1st Class William Pickney (1915-1976), second African American to be awarded the Navy Coss, for heroism during the Battle of Santa Cruz.
- Master Sergeant Joseph Simmons, Légion d'honneur recipient, Buffalo Soldier, World War I and World War II veteran.
- General Edwin Pollock (1899–1982)
- Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863), commander of the African-American 54th Massachusetts Regiment, subject of the movie Glory[8] is likely buried in one of the 3,607 unknown gravesites in the cemetery.
- Chuck Taliano (1945–2010), USMC drill instructor featured in the "We don’t promise you a rose garden" recruitment poster during the 1970s and 1980s.[9]
- General William G. Thrash (1916–2011)
- Major General Reuben Henry Tucker III (1911–1970), Commandant of Cadets, The Citadel 1963–68.
- US Army General James Grimsley (1921–2013)
- Major General Charles Spragins
- Non-US Servicemembers
- Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson, Lieutenant of Royal Navy, only one of Commonwealth war dead in World War II.[10]
- Maschinenmaat Gerd Reusell was a crewmember of U-352 that died of wounds when it was sunk on May 9, 1942 by USCG Icarus.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sammartino, Therese T. (May 27, 1997). "Beaufort National Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort County (1601 Boundary St., Beaufort)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Beaufort National Cemetery". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "SCDAH". www.nationalregister.sc.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ a b Harris, Art (1989-05-30). "SALUTE TO A FORGOTTEN BLACK REGIMENT". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "The Charleston Museum | News and Events » The Folly North Archaeological Project, 1990". Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ Johnson, Kristina Dunn (2009-04-06). No Holier Spot of Ground: Confederate Monuments & Cemeteries of South Carolina. Arcadia. ISBN 9781614232827.
- ^ Donahue, Patrick (2010-06-14). "Ex-Marine, S.C. resident on famous poster dies". The Beaufort Gazette. The State (newspaper). Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ^ CWGC: Ian Ronald Atherton Adamson
External links
- National Cemetery Administration
- Beaufort National Cemetery
- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. SC-1, "Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC", 34 photos, 4 photo caption pages
- HALS No. SC-1-A, "Beaufort National Cemetery, Wall", 16 photos, 1 measured drawing, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaufort National Cemetery
- Beaufort National Cemetery at Find a Grave
- CWGC: Beaufort National Cemetery
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Protected areas of Beaufort County, South Carolina
- United States national cemeteries
- South Carolina in the American Civil War
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Beaufort County, South Carolina
- Beaufort, South Carolina
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in the United States