09 November 2010

Keokuk National Cemetery

Found in the National Cemetery at Keokuk, Iowa:

Cornerstone of the old Estes House
Fifth & Main Keokuk, Iowa

Site of Army Hospital April 17, 1862 - October 1, 1865
Erected To The Memory Of The Soldiers Who
Died In The Old General Hospital At Keokuk
And Are Buried In The National Cemetery

Iowa Public Television provided a short film clip portraying activity at the Army hospital.

Mrs. Jennison, who served as an army nurse, related her experience at Keokuk (source):

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