The Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau was an administrative bureau within the Confederate States Department of the Treasury which was responsible for the upkeep of lighthouses and other navigational aids along Confederate shores. __TOC__

Overview

The Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau was formed by an act of the

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on March 5, 1861 to oversee the construction and care of all aids to navigation in the

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. In the portion of the act establishing the Lighthouse Bureau, the position of Chief of the Lighthouse Bureau was declared to be open only to commissioned officers of the

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. Act No. 51 also declared the Lighthouse Bureau was to divide the shores of the

into no more than five separate districts which would be the responsibilities of five lieutenants acting as district superintendents. The act also authorized the

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to direct that military engineers construct and maintain lighthouses and navigational aids. The Chief of the Bureau was to report directly to the

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on a yearly basis. The Bureau's papers are housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lighthouse, Bureau, Confederate States Government of the Confederate States of America Lighthouses in the United States 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America 1865 disestablishments in the Confederate States of America Lighthouse organizations