Ha ha!
While your association of the word "cook" with 'lunch' would seem logical, the 'Cook County volunteers' which your article mentions does not refer to a specific organized Union unit. The newspaper article may as well have said "volunteers from Cook County".
If you check out some of the sources I provided you will find that the "Cairo Sandwich Company" is listed under several lists of Illinois Civil War regiments (tho whether or not it was a 'regiment' is another issue, I expect it was a local militia from the town of Sandwich, Illinois which was sworn into Federal service).
As one who has lived in Cook County, Illinois for most of my life, I have to admit that I have never connected the "Cook" part of Cook County with lunch or any meal, or food in any respect. Now sandwiches, that's lunch to me!
Thanks for the explanation. I often wonder where some of the various answers come from.
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