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History
Keokuk National Cemetery was created in a separate, donated plot of Oakland Cemetery during the American Civil War as a place to inter veterans who died in the five military hospitals in the area. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South By the end of the Civil War, the cemetery had the interments of over 600 Union soldiers, and 8 Confederate prisoners of war. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
In 1908 when Fort Yates, North Dakota was abandoned, the remains in its post cemetery were moved to Keokuk National Cemetery. Fort Yates is a city in Sioux County, North Dakota in the United States. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. In 1948, another post cemetery, in Des Moines, Iowa, also had its remains moved to the National Cemetery.
Keokuk National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of
Notable monuments
- The Unknown Soldiers monument, a large granite obelisk topped with the figure of a Confederate soldier, erected in 1912.
Notable interments
- First Sergeant Columbus H. McCaa, Rough Rider, veteran of the Battle of San Juan Hill. The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War The Battle of San Juan Hill ( July 1, 1898) was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the Spanish-American War.
- Private First Class John F. Thorson, Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II. John F Thorson (May 10 1920 &ndash October 29 1944 was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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