Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-19
Col Ed. q Cook,
From the Franklin CTenn.) Review

From the Franklin (Tenn.) Review.
Among the many gifted and gallant spirits that
fell in the late unhappy war, not one was better
known or more endeared to the people of William
son than Edmund CollinswOrth Cook. While we
write, can see him, full Of energy and activity,
in the pursuit Of his professional duties. We can
see the fixed and rigid features intent on his
business, and unconscious of the world around
him. We can see the pale student, trimming the
midnight lamp, porting over old dry legal authori-
ties, preparing for the contest of tomorrow.
Alas we shall see him no more. That bosom
that heaved once so proudly under the prompt
ings Of ambition Is BtIlled IN death. That voice
that once rung in the temples of justice and gave
forth the command of battle IS hushed forever.
That well known form hesburied far away in a
land Of strangers, hard by the base of that noun
tain upon whose crest he fell so nebly. Ed. Cook
as he was Familiarity known to us, was born near
the town of Franklin on the 18th of June, 1879,
and borne from the field of battle, at kenesaw
mountain, the I'D Of June, 1864, mOrtally
wounded. He was just IS years of age He fell
just "a brave soldier loves TO fall, sword in
hand at the head of his brigade He was educated
at the Harpeth Male Academy, of this place, and
at school was remarkable for his talent and
energy. lie was at the Lebanon Law School one
session, and then located IN Franklin to practice
his profession. The Bar at that time comprised
some of the ablest lawyers in the state. Then,
The lainented Marshall was in the noon-day of his
legal fame. David Campbell and X. c. Foster
stood in the front rank. Such competitors as
these met the youthful tyrO upon the very thresh-
hold of his professional career. He was not APP
palled by this brilliant array of legal talent The
mishaps and misfOrtunes naturally attendant
upon the young lawyer daunted him not.
In a few years. by his tireless energy and strict
attention to business, he secured very lucrative
practice, and would in a few years more have
been considered one of the most successful advO-
Gates in the land. Hewas member of the Legis-
lature IN 1886. At the outbreak of the war, he
was ardent and unfnching friend of the Union.
He Gloried in being a citizen of a government
known and hOnOred throughout the civilized
world. The most Herculcan efforts of his life
were<nade in the vain endeavOr to settle the
happy difficulties between the North and South
amicably. He did not believe in the abstract
right of secession. He had been from his boy
hood member Of the Wing party, devoted fol-
lower of Clay and Webster the greatest cham
plOns OF that party. When, however the tocsin
OF war sounded and the tramp of armies was
heard throughout the whole length and breadth
OF the land hen sections were arraying their
thousands for the blOOdiest shock of arms chrOni-
cled IN hlstOTy-he went with the South. He was
elected Colonel of the sd Tennessee Regiment,
and was known throughout the army as
efficient and indefatgable officer. Bragg had
assured him ola Brigadiers cOmmisson few days
before his fall.
Could he have live, no douot he would have
achieved further success as a soldier. No one
can doubt that ifhe could have been spared to see
the end of the war he would have stood foremost
among the talented men of the State. His aim
was high. He had set his soul on fame. He was
ambitious, and worked with unheard of assiduity
to accomplish his purpose. lie was true as steel
TO the interest of his clients. He was labOriOus
and indefatgable a lawyer. He was model
to his brethren of the bar for activity energy and
ceaseless labor. But with him lfes ftful fever
is DER" Amid the thousands of little hillocks
that mark the last resting place of soldiers, not
one can be found to contain the mortal remains
OF n truer friend, more exemplary husband, and
kinder brother. Ho has left widow and one
son to mourn his loss. Ambitions call and all
the bright hopes of life are over with him. Let
US drop tear for him whose fate has secured for
hun an exemption from the miseries of this poor
life and, we trust, home in that land where
wars ana rumors OF wars are never heard.