Introduction to Old Bayview Cemetery

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• Old  Bayview  Cemetery  is  the  site  of  the  oldest  federal  military  cemetery  in  Texas.
  The  cemetery’s  origin  dates  back  to  the  U.S.-Mexican  War.
  In  the  opening  stanzas  of  the  war,  General  Zachary  Taylor’s  Army  of  Occupation  established  base  camp  in  the  Corpus  Christi  area.
  It  became  evident  early  on  the  camp  needed  a  formal  burial  ground  and  this  site  was  chosen.
  For  more  information  about  this  site,  enter  stop  number  701.
  For  directions  to  Palo  Alto  Battlefield,  enter  stop  number  703.

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