The National tribune., 1906-05-17
WAsH1NaToN c. THURsDAY NAY n 1908

NE: WASHINGTON, b. G., THU
at Kenyon College. Ohio. when the warl
began, and after completing his fresh
man year. he enlisted a. q private inl
Go: F. Ed ssd ohis he was refused mus
panied the reGtmant to the field as al
volunteer Aid ato.s the brigade COM
mander. He Kass promoted to q Lieu
tenancy In the 9Th Ohio Cav. Sept. IL, |
1852. and wasf liter assigned to dutyi
on the stan Of Gen Thomas L; Critten-
den. commanding q corps Of the Army
OF the Ohio. witch subsequently be-
came the Twenty first Corps of the
Army Of the Cumberland. He served
with the troops commanded by Gems.
Nelson and Wf1ght in resisting Kirby
the campaigns Of Perryville. Stone
River, Tullahofia, Chickamauga. Chat
tanooga and Missionary Ridge, with the
Western Armies, and in Gen. Grants
campaign with the Army Of the Po-
tomac, from the battle OF the Wilder
He was commissioned Captain and
Aid-de-Camp of United States Volun-
teers in September, 1863, and was brew
cited Major OF Volunteers for gallant
and meritorious services in action at
Shady Grove, Va, where he was Sc
was afterward brevetted Lieutenant
Colonel and Colonel for gallant and
meritorious services in the same cam
paign.
Col. John ]. McCook still survives
the only living member Of this noted
family, and Is a lawyer engaged in
active practice in New York City.
The Tribe OF John.
In the foregoing I have given al
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nine sons, and we now come to the five
sons of DR.. John McCook. In the Union
army and navy during the war were the
following sons of DIR. John McCook.
these being cousins Of the sons Of Maj
Dan McCook, above described:
% Maj.-Gen. Edward NJ. McCOok,
who at the outbreak of the war was
appointed Major Of the I'd Ind. Cav.
| rose rapidly to the ranks Of Colonel,
Brigadier and Major-General and re-
tired with the rank of IieutenantCo!
onel in the Regular Army at the close
United States Minister to the Sandwich
Islands, and was twice Governor of
Colorado Territory.
CD Brig. Gen. Arson G. McCook at
| the outbreak Of the war was a law
student in the office of Edwin M. STAN
beginning Of hostilities he promptly
| raised a company Of volunteers, and
was elected Captain of this company,
which was the first company to enter
the service from eastern Ohio. This
company was assigned to the I'd Ohio
| and took part in the first battle OF
| Bull Run. Upon the reorganization OF
the three months troops, he was APP
pointed Major Of the I'd Ohio in the
| three years service, and rose to the
rank OF Colonel. and for time COM
| manded brigade under Gen. Sherman.
| At the close of his three years service
| he was appointed Colonel of the 194th
| Ohio and at the close of the war he
| was brevetted BrigadierGeneral. He
has since served six years in Congress
| from the Eighth New York District.
60 Rev. Henry c. McCook, d. d..
was a student at the Western .Theo-
logical Seminary (Presbyterian). Allie
gheny City, at the outbreak of the civil
war, and was actively engaged in rails
ing troops for the service until the
listed as private soldier and was
soon afterward promoted to First Lieu
! tenant OF the 41st ILL.,, in which posi-
| ton he served until he was promoted
to Chaplain of this regiment.
| 90 Commander Roderick Sheldon
United States Naval Academy, Annap-
oils. in 1859. and during the civil war,
| 1S61-1865. he took an active part in
the aggressive Operations before New
Berne. Wilmington Charleston. Fort
Fisher and in, the campaign on the
James River. AT New Berne he bore
an active and successful part in the
battle on land. He offered himself and
the services Of his marines and had
the honor OF receiving the surrender
Of Confederate regiment of infantry.
probably the only surrender OF this
sort. where infantry surrendered to
marines Of the navy, during the civil
war. He attained the grade OF Com
mander of the United States Navy and
was retired in 1885.
CD John James McCook was Lieu
tenant OF the LIST w. Va, a regiment
recruited almost exclusively from Ohio.
There were SO many volunteers from
the Buckeye State that there was
quite a large overflow and many Of its
citizens entered the service with regi-
James McCOOk was at the battle of
Phillippi, one of the earliest engage
| ments Of the war.
The Is above-named McCooks COM
prised the Fighting McCooks."
| The lapse of years has in measure
obscured the individual achievements
| which make up record astonishing
| and glorious, IL not absolutely unprece-
| denied under any flag at any time in
| the history of warfare. The appella-
ton Of the "Fighting McCooks" is al
most as familiar as his own name to
| every American soldier. 1t is title
which contains not the slightest sug-
| gestion of such reckless and violent
| propensities as would have tainted the
honor Of wearing 1t, but was conferred
| by popular acclaim upon men Of peace
| full but heroic strain, who simply
could not resist their country's call for
sons who loved her we'll enough to die
proudly and gratefully in her defense
The mists OF time have enveloped those
| fields of valor and sacrifice, but the
! thought of such race of patriots will
| always touch the heart and stir the
blood Of every one who is fit to be an
| American citizen.
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