Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-07-27

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ed brigadier-general, and his COM
mand coinplimented on the field of
battle by General Mcclellan.
| Colonel Cobb also bore a conspic-
nous part and received general com
mendation of his superior officers in
the several engagements known as
Golden's Farm, Savage Station,
White Oak Swamp and Malvern
Hill.
His command being attached to
the Sixth corps, commanded by Maj
or General William b. Franklin, was
ordered to the relief of General Pope
in the latter part of August, and was
just in time not TO relieve him in the
second battle of Bull Run.
After this battle, and while the
| Union army was Withdrawing to
Washington, General Cobb was
placed in command Of the rear guard
at Cubb Run, which position he held
during the evacuation of Centreville.
Early in the day of the battle of An
tietam, September Is, 1862. General
! Hancock was detached from his bril-
gade to take command. Major Gen
! eral Richardson having been mort 4.
ally wounded. Thereupon General
! Cobb. assumed command ef the bril-
gade which he held for about six
weeks, when he was relieved by
| Brigadier General Calvin f.. Pratt.
Returning to his regiment, General
Cobb continued in command of it
until the following January.
Soon after the battle of Fredericks-
burg, in which General Cobb led his
regiment he determined to resign
which he did early in January.
At the election of 1862, General
Cobb while yet in the army, was
elected to represent his district in the
Thirty eighth congress.
In 1864 congress adjourned on the
| fourth of July. The rebel raid on
Washington city, under Early, took
!
July was about the darkest month
OF the war. It was generally feared
that Grant would be compelled To
raise the siege Of Petersburg and
Richmond in order to defend Wash
ington. The army was melting away
by sickness and desertion. A draft
was impending throughout the north.
Enormous bounties were being Of
fered by nearly every town and city
with but few enlistments other than
those of bounty Jumpers. Under
these circumstances, soon after the
adjournment of Congress, General
Cobb rendered his services to the
governor of the state to raise and
lead another regiment. His offer
being accepted he was, on the eighth
colonel of the Forty-third regiment
Wisconsin volunteers, and immedi-
ately entering upon the work of
raising his regiment he had it orga-
niaed and equipped within month
and left Milwaukee for the front on
the ninth of September.
Upon arriving at Nashville, he was
ordered with his regiment on the
Tennessee river and put in command
Of that post. Here he continued UNI
til the meeting of congress. 1t was
while Colonel Cobb was i'm command
here that the place was unsuccess-
fully attacked by the rebels under
General Forrest, with a greatly SUI
perior force. After continuing the
attack for three days and nights and
: destroying a large amount of gov
erument property, including fourteen
steam transports, the rebels with
drew
In the meanwhile Colonel Cobb
was renominated and reelected 30
congress. About the first of Deem
Der, 1864, Col. Cobb was ordered
by the secretary Of war to Washing
ton in order TO resume his seat in
congress, aud on the fifth of March,
1860 he was again ordered to his regi-
mcut.
Upon returning to Tennessee he
found his regiment scattered along
the Chattanooga railroad, with head
quarters at Deckerd, Reporting for
duty to Major-General Milroy, he
was placed in command of the third
brigade OF that officers command,
where he remained until the 10th of
June, when he was relieved and or
dered to take bis regiment home To
he mustered out of service. Return
ing To Milwaukee with his regiment
he was mustered out Of service on
the seventh day of July, 1850.
We viii only here add that Col
onel Cobb's service under his last
commission was rendered without
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