Keokuk National Cemetery
The Keokuk National Cemetery
located at 1701 J. Street is one of twelve original national cemeteries
designated by the U.S. Congress.
Veteran's Day Ceremony will be held November 11th
During the Civil War, the presence of the College of Physicians and Surgeons caused the federal government to
locate a military hospital in Estes House (formerly at 500 Main
Street), and four other sites in Keokuk. The sick and wounded were
transported to the hospitals in Keokuk by riverboats on the Mississippi
River. Many soldiers, from the North and South, died at the hospitals
in Keokuk during the Civil War, and were buried in what became Iowa’s
only National Cemetery.
The cemetery is currently the final resting
place for the remains of over 4,000 American soldiers. In 1997 the
Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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