NRHP Reference # 97001207 Year built 1872 Added to NRHP 5 January 1998 | Area 4 ha Phone +1 843-669-8783 Burials James E. Williams | |
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Address 803 E National Cemetery Rd, Florence, SC 29506, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–4:30PMMonday8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosed Similar War Between the States, Florence Civic Center, Timrod Park, Beaufort National Cemetery, Magnolia Mall | ||
Florence national cemetery
Florence National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Florence, South Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 24.9 acres (10.1 ha), and as of 2014, had over 9,000 interments.
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History
The cemetery was originally created on land appropriated, and later purchased, by the federal government. The land was first owned by James H. Jarrott and was a quarter of a mile from the Florence Stockade. It became a National Cemetery in 1865, and remains from nearby Civil War battlefield cemeteries were transferred and reinterred there.
Florence National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Notable interments
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