George A . Cobham , Jr . George Ashworth Cobham , Jr . ( December 5 , 1825 – July 20 , 1864 ) commanded a regiment in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle . Early life . Cobham was born in Liverpool , England , and migrated to the United States with his family in 1836 . Settling in Warren County , Pennsylvania , Cobham attended Allegheny College in Meadville , Pennsylvania , then worked as a contractor in the western part of the state . He married Annie Page of Warren , Pennsylvania about 1858 . They had one son , Frederick P . Cobham , born 1859 . Civil War . Early in the Civil War , Cobham began recruiting in Warren County following the Union disaster at the First Battle of Bull Run . Invited to join the regiment then forming at Erie , Pennsylvania , Cobham led his men into camp and on January 28 , 1862 , he became lieutenant colonel of the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry . The regiment served on garrison duty at Baltimore , Maryland , and Harpers Ferry . It also served under Maj . Gen . Nathaniel P . Banks at the Battle of Cedar Mountain , in the division of Brig . Gen . Christopher C . Augur . Cobham fell ill with typhoid fever in July 1862 and did not rejoin the regiment until October of that year . He was promoted to the rank of colonel on November 7 , 1862 . Cobham led the regiment at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Brig . Gen . John W . Geary ' s second division of XII Corps . Cobham was credited with capturing the flag of the 5th Alabama Infantry during the fight . When brigade commander , Brig . Gen . Thomas L . Kane , was taken ill , Cobham led the 2nd Brigade of Geary ' s division in the Gettysburg Campaign . Kane returned to the brigade during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2 , 1863 , but he was unable to retain command . Cobham resumed command . The brigade built defenses on Culp ' s Hill . As evening fell , they were ordered to march to the relief of the left flank of the army . Starting without a guide , Geary got lost and took Cobham ' s and Charles Candy ' s brigade down the Baltimore Pike in the wrong direction . Returning with the brigade to the Culp ' s Hill area in the early morning hours of July 3 , Cobham took part in the fighting of July 3 , helping to hold off the confederate attacks . When XII Corps was transferred under the command of Maj . Gen . Joseph Hooker to relieve the Army of the Cumberland , besieged at Chattanooga , Cobham was transferred with his brigade . They fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie , the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the Battle of Ringgold Gap . When the XII Corps and XI Corps were amalgamated into the XX Corps under Hooker , Cobham reverted to command of the 111th Pennsylvania Infantry , still part of Geary ' s second division . Cobham participated in Maj . Gen . William T . Sherman ' s Atlanta Campaign . He took command of 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XX Corps , when its commander , Col . David Ireland , was wounded at the Battle of Resaca on May 15 , 1864 . He led the brigade until Ireland returned on June 6 . Col . Cobham was killed while leading his regiment at the Battle of Peachtree Creek on July 20 . Cobham was awarded a posthumous brevet promotion to the rank of brigadier general on July 19 , 1864 , predated to before his death . Geary , his division commander , described Cobham in one of his letters as a valuable and beloved officer . Burial and legacy . Cobham was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Warren , Pennsylvania . In a family tiff in 1865 , his remains were exhumed and reburied in the family burial plot at Cobham Park , the family home in Warren County , Pennsylvania . As a result , Cobham ' s wife and in - laws sued the Cobham family for their return . The case was dismissed by the court , and General Cobham remained buried at Cobham Park . In 1896 , the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic convinced the surviving family to allow Cobham ' s reburial in the GAR plot at Oakland Cemetery , where he rests today . Cobham ' s wartime letters to his mother and brother are part of the collections of the Warren County , Pennsylvania Historical Society . Some additional letters written by him are in the Salvation Army Archives in Alexandria , Virginia .