Oakdale Memorial Gardens: Difference between revisions

There is a Soldiers' Lot near the center of the cemetery,<ref>{{GNIS|type=retired|2792638|Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot}} &nbsp;{{Coords|41|32|45|N|90|32|47|W}}</ref> which is administered by the [[U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]].<ref name= Soldiers>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/ia/scott/oakdale/soldiers.htm|title=Soldiers Lot|publisher=Interment|access-date=2011-04-01}}</ref>  At one time 174 soldiers were buried at Oakdale, including the first Iowans to die in the Civil War at the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]].<ref name=nps>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Iowa/Oakdale_Cemetery_Soldiers_Lot.html|title=Oakdale Soldiers' Lot Davenport, Iowa|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=2012-04-10}}</ref> Most of the bodies were transferred in 1888 to [[Rock Island National Cemetery]] or [[Keokuk National Cemetery]]. The remaining 14 soldiers' graves were moved to the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] (GAR) plot in 1900.  The plot was transferred from the GAR to the cemetery association in 1940 and the United States government took possession of it the following year.  Today it contains the remains of 71 soldiers from the Civil War and [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=nps/>