Edmund Burke Whitman Politician

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. He and his team of United States Colored Troops (USCT) located more than 100,000 bodies of Union Veterans in Southern US. Most of the information was give to him by the African American inhabitants as other populace was generally hostile to his efforts

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 18, 1812
Birth place
East Bridgewater Massachusetts
Date of deathSeptember 02, 1883
Place of death
Cambridge Massachusetts

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Office holder

officeSuperintendent of National Cemeteries

Topical connections

Adam GuettelMusical artist
Alanson B. HoughtonPolitician
Albert D. BossonPolitician

Edmund Burke Whitman on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/death-transcript