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White, Lee Ann, creator
Title
Morning view, contextual view of the exterior west side of the north wall along the unpaved road; camera facing west, positioned in road approximately 8 posts west of the gate. - Beaufort National Cemetery, Wall, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Description
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; The Jaeger Company, sponsor; Jaeger, Dale, landscape architect; Rushing, Luke, landscape architect; LaBrie, Brian, historian
Depicted place South Carolina; Beaufort County; Beaufort
Date 2006
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HALS SC-1-A-16
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Beaufort was one of the earliest places in the country to be assigned as a National Cemetery site. Congress in the Act of July 17, 1862 authorized the President of the United States (then President Abraham Lincoln) "to purchase cemetery grounds- to be used as a national cemetery for soldiers who shall have died in the services of the country." This act enabled the President to purchase and locate cemeteries for Union Soldiers as needed without much oversight by the Congress. The Beaufort National Cemetery consisted of 28.9 acres, which were part of a 64-acre tract of land known as "Polly's Grove." This tract was acquired at a tax sale on March 11, 1863 and the Attorney General approved title of the property on March 25, 1869. The cemetery is not only significant for its association with the Civil War, but it is also important for having the remains of veterans connected to each of the major wars up to the Persian Gulf War. The cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of a multiple property submission of Civil War Era National Cemeteries in 1997 written by Therese T. Sammartino, Staff Assistant, National Cemetery System.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N19
  • Survey number: HALS SC-1-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1876 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 97001208.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/sc1147.photos.365401p
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