(1812-10-18)October 18, 1812 East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
September 2, 1883(1883-09-02) (aged 70) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouses
Nancy Russell
(m. 1839; died 1855)
Lucretia Clapp
(m. 1858)
Education
Harvard University (1838)
Edmund Burke Whitman (October 18, 1812 – September 2, 1883) was a quartermaster during the American Civil War. After the war he was Superintendent of National Cemeteries where he developed the principles for the selection of new United States National Cemetery sites in April 1869. His principles specified that a site should be of historical interest, and it should have convenient access for visitors.[1] He and his team of United States Colored Troops (USCT) located more than 100,000 bodies of Union fallen in the Southern U.S. Most of the information was given to him by the African American inhabitants, as the white populace was often hostile to his efforts.[2]
^"Designing the First National Cemeteries". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-11-25. In April 1869, Brevet Major Whitman, the Army's Superintendent of National Cemeteries, offered four 'principles which should govern the selection of national cemetery sites' that would reinforce the potential for them to become historic attractions as well as shrines. These principles included localities of historical interest, convenient access, placement on the great thoroughfares of the nation, and places presenting favorable conditions for ornamentation ...
^(2012) PBS Video: American Experience: Death and the Civil War (at 1:29:30)
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