Beaufort National Cemetery - South Carolinas Arlington
Channel: Introverted Travel
Date: 2016-12-07

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The cemetery is actually one of six national cemeteries that were established in 1863 for the burial of Union troops and sailors who died in the region during the Civil War

In 1987, the remains of 19 soldiers from the all-African American Massachusetts 54th Infantry were found on Folly Island, and these fallen soldiers were also transferred to the Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. (Cast members of the film Glory, which had recently been released in theaters at the time, were even present for the ceremony.)

Beaufort National Cemetery has interments from every major American conflict, beginning with the Spanish American War and ending with the most recent Gulf War.

The granite obelisk stands at the main gate honoring the Union troops who died during the war - a structure that was constructed in 1870 by unsung war hero Eliza McGuffin Potter, who cared for Union soldiers at the nearby Beaufort hospital. Potter was also the driving force between another one of the cemetery's notable landmarks, a marble and brick box tomb with the inscription of 175 soldiers from 18 states, which was also added to the cemetery in 1870.


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