The National tribune., 1903-06-18
DEATH OF GEN. 1rcceoK.

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tie group of Corps Commanders has died.
Gen. Alexander Mcdowell McCook, U.
s. Army, retired, expired from a third
stroke of paralysis at the home Of his
daughter at Dayton, Ohio, June u. He
was born in Columbiana Co., O., in 1881,
of family which furnished more notable
fighting men to the army of the Union
than any other in the country. The an
cestor of the family was George Nc
Cook, Scotch-Irishman, who became in
volved in the Rebellion of 1913, and fled
to the United States. His son Daniel,
born in 1898, was 63 years of age when
the war broke out, but he offered his SER
vices to the Government, received a COM
mission as Major, and was killed in one
of the fights of the Morgan Raid.
His other sons were Latimer A.,
George W., John James "a Naval Cadet
who died in 1912, Robert Latimer,
Daniel jr., Edwin s., Charles NJ, and
John James, who was born about two
months after the death of his brother of
the same name. Alexander Mcdowell
was the fifth son. This was the tribe of
Dan" John McCook, the brother of
Daniel had five sons, all of whom enter
ed the Union army: Edwin NJ, Anson G.,
Henry c., Rhoderick S., and John James,
making all together 16 McCooks who
served the Government.
Gen. Alexander Med. McCook gradu-
ated from West Point in 1852, No. 30 in
class of which Thomas Lincoln Casey
was the head. and Gems. Slocum, Stanley.
Hascall, Hartsuff. Chas. r. Woods, A.
" Kautz, Geo. Crook and J. p. Hawkins
were members. He was commissioned in
the Sd U. S., saw a good deal Of service
against the Western Indians, and had
risen to the rank of First Lieutenant at
the outbreak of the war. He was one of
the few Regular officers allowed at that
time to accept volunteer commissions,
and was put by the Governor Of Ohio in
command of the 1st Ohio, with which he
was engaged at Vienna, Va, and Bull
Run. He was appointed Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Volunteers Sept. 3, 1861, and COM
manded a division in the Army, of the
Ohio in the movement on Nashville and
receiving brevet of Colonel in the Regu-
lar Army for. Shiloh. He was commits
stoned Major-General of Volunteers July
II, 1862, and placed in command of the
First Corps, Army Of the Ohio, with
which he fought the battle Of Perryville.
ton with Gen. Buelfs operations, and
young McCook was thought to be the
most likely to succeed him.
Upon the reorganization OF the Army
Of the Ohio as the Army Of the Cumber-
land by Gen. Rosecrans, McCook was
placed in command of the Fright Wing
Of the Fourteenth Corps" and as such
fought in the battle of Stone River,
where he did not give satisfaction, as it
was complained that he had not exer-
cised proper vigilance and allowed him
self to be attacked unawares on that
bloody Dec. 81, 1862. He was continued
in command when the designation of his
troops was changed to the Twentieth
Corps, and led it in the advance on Tulla-
homa and in the battle Of Chickamauga.
Again the authorities were dissatisfied
with his management of his command
and upon the reorganization of the army
under Gen. Thomas his and Crittenden's
Corps were consolidated into the Fourth
Corps and he and Crittenden relieved. He
was briefly employed in command of
troops at the time of the Early raid, and
in February, 1865, was assigned to the
command OF the District of Eastern
Arkansas. He resigned as Major-Gen-
eral Of Volunteers, Oct. q, 1865, and
was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel Of
the 26th q. s. in 1867. From 1879 to
Dec. 10, 1880, he served as Colonel on
the Staff of Gen. W. T. Sherman, then
became Colonel of the 9th u. g., and COM
manded the Army School at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan; was promoted to Brigadier-
General in 1890, to Major-General in
1894, and was retired for age April %,
1885. He represented the United States
at the Coronation Of the Gar Of Russia in
1896, and was a member Of the Commits
sion appointed by President Mckinley to
investigate the War Department during
the war with Spain. He received brevets
for Bull Run, Nashville, Shiloh, Perry
vile, and for gallant and meritorious SER
vices during the war.
The remains were inferred at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, where the
other members Of the McCook family are
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