Where Colonel Sam Cooper lived was called "Shooter's Hill" and later called "Traitor's Hill." It was then turned into Fort Ellsworth, in Alexandria's Fortress ring. Built on the footprint of Fort Elsworth is the George Washington Masonic Temple. On the top one can look down and still, to this day see the impression of the boundary of the fort.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarens_(Alexandria,_Virginia)
Clarens or the
Clarens Estate is a 19th-century
Federal-style mansion in
Alexandria,
Virginia.
[1][2] Clarens is best known as the residence of
James Murray Mason (3 November 1798–28 April 1871),
[3][4] a
United States Representative and
United States Senator from
Virginia and grandson of
George Mason, a
Founding Father of the United States.
While it was formerly located within
Fairfax County, Virginia, Clarens is presently located inside the boundaries of the
independent city of Alexandria at 318 North Quaker Lane.
[5][6]
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After the war,
James Murray Mason selected Clarens as the estate at which he planned to retire.
[1] On 24 September 1869, Mason officially took possession of Clarens.
[1] While residing at Clarens, one of Mason's chief occupations was his correspondences.
[1] Former
Confederate President
Jefferson Davis visited Clarens in 1870 for his final meeting with Mason and Confederate Army General
Samuel Cooper.
[6] Confederate Army General
Robert E. Lee also visited Mason at Clarens after the war.
[6] Mason died at Clarens on 28 April 1871.
[1]
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- Cameron ................. 12 ..... factor, importer of goods, and a resident.
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May 24, 2006 ... 6 Current Residence. 15. 192. 7 Changes in ... Smucker on North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Virginia, to conduct an oral history interview. ... which was built on the site of the house of General Samuel Cooper that had been torn ...
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http://www.civilwarreference.com/people/index.php?peopleID=298
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SideConfederate
StateVirginia
BornJune 12, 1798
New Hackensack, New York
DiedDecember 3, 1876
Alexandria, Virginia
BuriedChrist Church Episcopal Cemetery
Alexandria, Virginia
General Samuel Cooper, adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate army, was born at Hackensack, New Jersey, June 12, 1798. His father, of the same name, a resident of Duchess county, New York, was an officer of the revolutionary army. General Cooper entered the United States military academy at fifteen years of age, and received his commission as brevet second-lieutenant of artillery in 1815. He obtained full rank of lieutenancy in 1817, and soon after the reorganization of the army in 1821, became first-lieutenant. In 1828-36 he was aide-de-camp to General Macomb, general in chief, and in 1836 was commissioned captain of the Fourth artillery. He was on staff duty at army headquarters as assistant adjutant-general during the Florida war; was chief of staff to Colonel William J. Worth; brevetted colonel of the staff for meritorious conduct particularly relating to the prosecution of the Mexican war, and finally in 1852 became adjutant-general of the United States army. He held this rank until 1861, for a short time during this period being secretary of war ad interim. In March, 1861, he resigned his commission, and went immediately to Montgomery and tendered his services to President Davis, by whom he was the next day appointed adjutant-general of the Confederate army, of which he was the ranking officer, standing first on the list of generals. After the war he lived in retirement near Alexandria until his death December, 1876.
Confederate Military History