Lee County Genealogy |
Civil War Burials in Keokuk National Cemetery
Photos contributed by Steve Hanken
(April 2011)
United States Colored Infantry pg. 4
George Thomas, U.S. Colored Infantry
Caleb White, USCT, unknown unit
Carey Press, Wagoner, 60th USCI co. A
Press, Carey. Age 22. Residence
Croton, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Sept.
1, 1863, as
Wagoner. Mustered Oct. 11, 1863. Died of disease Oct. 28, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa. Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
James Lowe, 60th USCI Co. C
Lowe, James. Age 23. Residence
Keokuk, nativity Alabama. Enlisted Aug. 18,
1863.
Mustered Oct. 11, 1863. Died
of
disease Oct. 20, 186, Keokuk, Iowa. Buried in Oakland Cemetery,
Keokuk,
Iowa ( many of the graves from the hospitals in Keokuk were initially
placed in
Oakland Cemetery, the National Cemetery took over a portion of Oakland
that
included these soldiers graves that were in the cemetery)
James Kirk, 60th USCI, Co. E
Kirk, James. Age 24. Residence
Jacksonville, Ill.,
nativity Mississippi. Enlisted Aug. 28, 1863.
Mustered Oct. 11, 1863. Died
of disease
Oct. 18, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa. Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk,
Iowa
William Allen, 60th USCI Co. C
Allen, William. Age 22. Residence Quincy,
Ill. Died of
disease Nov. 1, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa. Buried in
Oakland
Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
George Washington, 60th USCI Co.C
Bassie Price, USCT ???
Henry Thorn, 60th USCI Co. A
George Cared, 60th USCI Co. D