Edwin Stanton McCook

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Edwin Stanton McCook (Photo taken between 1861 and 1865)

Edwin Stanton McCook (born March 26, 1837 in Carrollton , Ohio , † September 11, 1873 in Yankton , Dakota Territory ) was an American officer and politician . His family provided numerous officers of the Civil War , which is why they were also called "Fighting McCooks".

Career

Edwin Stanton McCook was born to Daniel McCook senior (1798–1863) and his wife Martha (1802–1879), née Latimer, in 1837 in Carroll County . He had ten siblings: Latimer Abraham (1820–1869), George Wythe (1821–1877), John James (1823–1842), Catherine (1825–1847), Robert Latimer (1827–1862), Mary Jane (1830–1902) ), Alexander McDowell (1831–1903), Daniel junior (1834–1864), Charles Morris (1842–1861) and John James (1845–1911). His childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . He attended the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis ( Maryland ), and belonged to the Naval Lodge no. 69 ( Masonic ) in New York City on.

After the outbreak of the Civil War , McCook recruited a company and joined the 31st Illinois Infantry, which was under the command of his friend Colonel John A. Logan . McCook took part in the battles for Fort Henry and Fort Donelson , where he was badly wounded. He was later given command of John A. Logan's brigade when he took command of the division . During the Second Vicksburg Campaign , McCook was also given command of Logan's division. McCook commanded this at the Battle of Vicksburg under Ulysses S. Grant . In 1864 he made a living in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns and during the March to the Sea under William T. Sherman . In total, McCook was seriously wounded three times during the war. For his performance during the Civil War, he was in 1966 initially for certification - brigadier general and a year later Brevet- Major General , respectively, with effect March 13. 1865

After the war, he moved west and was appointed Secretary of State for what was then the Dakota Territory in 1872. McCook became acting governor of the territory in the spring of 1873, replacing the absent incumbent John A. Burbank . On September 11, 1873, McCook was shot dead at a public meeting in a saloon in Yankton by banker and political opponent Peter P. Wintermute. Wintermute was upset by McCook's stance in the Dakota Southern Railroad dispute.

McCook was on the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati ( Ohio buried) where already several other family members were buried. His grave is in Section 10, Row 1.

Honors

The McCook County in South Dakota , he was named to honor.

literature

  • Ezra J. Warner: Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press. 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7 .
  • Charles and Barbara Whalen: The Fighting McCooks: America's Famous Fighting Family. Westmoreland Press, 2006, ISBN 0-9779081-4-3 .
  • Ohio Historical Society
  • Henry Howe: Carroll County . In: Historical Collections of Ohio. The Ohio Centennial Edition, Volume 1, The State of Ohio, 1889, p. 369

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Fighting McCooks. (No longer available online.) Ohiohistory.org, archived from the original on March 10, 2007 ; accessed on April 15, 2019 .
  2. ^ Daniel McCook Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ Martha Latimer McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Latimer Abraham McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ George Wythe McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  6. ^ John James McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Catherine "Kate" McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  8. ^ Robert Latimer McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  9. ^ Mary Jane McCook Baldwin in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  10. ↑ Alexander McDowell McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  11. ^ Daniel McCook junior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  12. ^ Charles Morris McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  13. ^ John James McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  14. ^ Edwin Stanton McCook in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME McCook, Edwin Stanton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrollton , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1873
Place of death Yankton , Dakota Territory