Beverly National Cemetery

Coordinates: 40°03′13″N 74°54′57″W / 40.05361°N 74.91583°W / 40.05361; -74.91583
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Beverly National Cemetery
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Details
Established1863
Location
Edgewater Park, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
TypeMilitary veterans
Owned byUS Department of Veterans Affairs
SizeScript error: No such module "ConvertIB".Script error: No such module "ConvertIB".64.6 acres (26.1 ha)
No. of graves>50,000
WebsiteBeverly National Cemetery
Find a GraveBeverly National Cemetery
Beverly National Cemetery
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Nearest cityEdgewater Park Township, New Jersey
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Area64.4 acres (261,000 m2)
Built1864
ArchitectMeigs, Montgomery C.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Second Empire
MPSCivil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.[[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 97001201][1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1997

Beverly National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Edgewater Park Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 64.6 acres (26.1 ha), and as 2021 had over 50,000 interments.

History

The original cemetery was only a single acre off of Beverly's Monument Cemetery, purchased from a local resident in 1863 for the purpose of interring Union Army casualties who died in the Beverly United States Army hospital (run for the duration of the Civil War). Additional land was acquired in 1936, 1937, 1948, and 1951. It served as a burial ground only for those veterans who died in nearby hospitals, until space in the nearby Philadelphia National Cemetery became limited, and many interments that would have been made there were made at Beverly instead. Beverly National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable interments

  • Medal of Honor recipients
Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward Clyde Benfold, recipient for action in the Korean War
Sergeant First Class Nelson Vogel Brittin,  recipient for action in the Korean War
Private First Class John W. Dutko, recipient for action in Italy during World War II
First Sergeant Bernard Strausbaugh, recipient for action at the Second Battle of Petersburg during the Civil War.[2]
  • Others
Robert Elliott Burns, author who wrote I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
Joshua Crittenden "Josh" Cody, American athlete and coach
Les Damon, actor
Socks Seibold, Major League Baseball player[3]
File:Beverly National Cemetery Aerial view.jpg
Aerial view of Beverly National Cemetery.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP. 
  2. ↑ cem.va.gov
  3. ↑ Society for American Baseball Research

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