Beverly National Cemetery

Beverly National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Beverly, 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 of the end of 2008, had over 49,000 interments.

Beverly National Cemetery
Details
Established1863
Location
Beverly, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
TypeMilitary veterans
Owned byUS Department of Veterans Affairs
Size64.6 acres (26.1 ha)
No. of graves49,080
WebsiteBeverly National Cemetery
Find a GraveBeverly National Cemetery
Beverly National Cemetery
Nearest cityEdgewater Park Township, New Jersey
Coordinates40°03′14″N 74°54′59″W
Area64.4 acres (261,000 m2)
Built1864
ArchitectMeigs, Montgomery C.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Second Empire
MPSCivil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.97001201[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1997

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
Aerial view of Beverly National Cemetery.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Society for American Baseball Research
  3. cem.va.gov
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