The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
His Grandfather Was Refuoee From,
Ireland in 1870 on the Defeat of the
United Irshmen.
l Last to Leave Army, Where at One Time Were
@1ssM His Eight Brothers, His Father and
Several Cousins.

With the death of Major General
Alexander Mcdowell McCook, u. S. A.,
retired, the last representative of the
famous family known as "thc fight
ing McCook' has passed away, says
The Chicago Chronicle. ITc died on
the morning of June II at tho homo
of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Craig
head in Dayton. Ohio lie was sur
rounded at the last by the surviving
members of his family-NIrS. McCooll,
the widow, and their two daughters.
Mrs, Craighcad and Mrs Chauncey
Baker. His death resulted from paral
ysis.
1t was bcfitting that he should pass
away in Ohio, the native state of "thc
fighting McCook." Tie was buried.
too. in Ohio soil, Mt Spring Grove
cemetery. Cincinnati.
General McCook was the last of 'thc
fighting McCooEs" to leave the active
role of the army, where ut one time
=,
ana several cousins.
Born in Columbia county. Ohio,
April %, 1881, of ScOtcll-Irish parents,
he entered West Point military acad-
cmy graduating in 1859. After Il
short experience in drilling recruits at
the Newport barracks. Kentucky, he
10 1ncr,
Louis, to Join the army expedition
that was then preparing to 90 to New
Mexico and establish new army posts
there. The expedition went by boat to
Fort Lcavcnworth and then marched
in siXtynnc days to Santa Fc. After
short service in the southwest he
was recalled to the east to become as
sistant instructor of infantry tactics at
West Point. He was there when the
civil war began.
Thenceforward General McC0oll's
military life was one Of almost cease
less activity, his work winning for
him many hOnOrs and bringing him
from the rank of captain to brcvct
major general i'm the five years of the
war.
For distinguished service at Bull
Run he was brcvctted a brigadicr gen
eral Of volunteers. He was in com
mand OF brigade during the opera
tions in Kentucky in 1861. of divi-
sion in the Tennessee and Mississippi
campaign of February-Junc. 1862.
and of the First army corps in the adj
vance into Kentucky, which resulted
in the battle of Pcrryvillc. Tie was in
command Of the right wing of the
Fourteenth army corps in The Tcnncs-
see campaign of 1SG2-G3. including the
battle of Stone River. Hc was in COM
mand of the Twentieth army corps ut
the battle Of Chickamauga. He was
engaged in the defense of Washington
at the time of General Early's raid.
In 1868 he was sent with the joint
commission Of congress to investigate
Indian affairs in the west.
Tn 1867 he was appointed lieutenant
colonel of the Twcnty-sixth infantry
and served from that time until 1874
in Texas. In 1875 he became an aid
de-camp to General Sherman. with
whom he served until promoted col
onel of the Sixth infantry in 1880. AZ
ter lengthy service in Utah he was
ordered, in May, 1886, to command the
infantry and cavalry school ut Fort
Lcavenwortll, where he remained un-
| til appointed brigadicr general on July
| 10, 1890, and assigned to the depart
mcnt Of Arizona.
Promoted major general in 1894, he
retired on April %. 1896. He was Sc
lcctcd by President Cleveland as the
official representative of the United
States ut the coronation Of the czar in
1896. ....... ......
It was during the war Of the rebel
lion that "thc fighting McCooks" be-
| came famous.
| There were two families of the Nc
Cooks, who were living in Ohio at the
outbreak of the war, having removed
thither from Pennsylvania. The heads
of these families were Major Daniel