Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-21
from The Cincinnati Commercial, July 2o.l


The announcement of the death of Brig
adler General Daniel McCook is one of the
most painful tasks that we have been called
upon to perform. He died at the residence of
his brother Colonel George w. McCook, in
Steubenville, Ohio, at two O'Clock, L. NJ
Sunday last. 1t will be remembered that
he was shot through, just below the right
shoulder, in the assault upon Kinesaw
Mountain. on the 9th of June. When the
terrible nature of the wound is considered,
the wonder is, not that he is dead, but that
he lived so long, travelled SO far, and was so
hopeful of recovery. 1t was. we under
stand, the opinion of General Thomas, that
If it had not been for the fall of McCook
and Harker, in the very crisis OF the en-,
gaoement, the assault on Kinesaw would
have succeeded. General McCook was in
the summer of '62 made Colonel of the sd
| o WI, and was, for two years, command
| er of a brigade in the Army Of the Cum
berland, distinguishing himself in all emer-
0encies, as a cool, capable and dashing Off
Ger. whose tendency to rashness was tenn
pered by good Judgment. Two days before
| his death he was promoted to be Brigadier
General ''for gallant and distinguished SER
vices at Kinesaw Mountain" He leaves a
wife and infant daughter. He is the
fourth of his family killed during the war.
His remains, accompanied by his Drothers,
| Colonel George w. and Major General Al
exander Mcdowell McCook, reached this
city yesterday morning, and were buried at
| Spring Grove.
II Would have afforded the people of this
city much satisfaction to have made pub
| lie expression of their regard for General
| Daniel McCook, who was very well known
and very much respected here; but morti-
fication had commenced before his death,
aud the decomposition of his remains was
! so rapid that it was not judged proper to
make any delay. Besides it was his wish
and that of his family to have the burial
quiet. 'd.5 ha.
From The Dayton Journal, July l9.I -
I'D. Phillips, Esq, of this city, received
a telegram from Col. G.. w. McCOok, stating
that his brother, Col. Dan. McCook, died at
Steubenyille OH the afternoon of the 18th
Inst, of wounds received in the terrible as
sault on Kinesaw Mountain, June 27th.-
Col. Dan. McCook entered the service In
the beginning Of the war, and for meritori-
ous Conduct was promoted to the Colonelcy
of fine 52d Ohio regiment, with which he
served faithfully until he was placed In
} Command of the brigade, at the head o.
which, in a daring assault of the enemy's
, fortifications on the Kinesaw Mountain, ht
, received the wound of which he died.
, He Il the fourth member of his family
{ who has fallen under the flag within thre'
l wears, Charles, his younger brother
: AGED seventeen years, fell at Bull Run, II
a .JI,ly, 1861; Brig. Gen. Robert l.. McCook
next older than Daniel, was murdered by
4 guerrilla, in July, 1862; Major McCook, tn
father Of this gallant family, was killed Ju
ly, 1868 during the Morgan raid in Ohi'
: and Daniel, who died July 18th, 1854, is los
|. IN the list thus far. Three brothers renal
e Mai. Gen. A. Med. McCook, Col. Geo. "
I McCook and DIR. McCook. We understan
o that the President promoted Col. Dan. M.
Ie Cook to Brigadier General before his dealt
J. His remains will be deposited In the SO
st diers' Cemetery at Spring Grove, near Gin
4 cinnati--where so many Of Ohio's dead al
,p resting. ,,,, +,
AMI the venerable mother Of all these patr