★  Cook, John Pope

John Pope Cook

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Born: June 12, 1825

Birthplace: Belleville, Illinois

Father: U.S. Congressman Daniel Pope Cook 1794 – 1827
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​

Mother: Julia Catherine Edwards Unknown – 1830
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​

1st Wife: Susan A. Lamb 1828 – 1890
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​

2nd Wife: Mary Eliza Baker 1860 – 1948
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)​

Children:

James Lamb Cook 1851 – 1933​
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​
John Cranmer Cook 1855 – 1936​
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​
William James Cook 1862 – 1939​
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois)​
Daniel Pope Cook 1893 – 1963​
(Buried: Frontier Cemetery, Frontier, Michigan)​
Nina May Cook 1894 – 1981​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)​
Charles Bosworth Cook 1896 – 1978​
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California)​
Daisy Eliza Cook Trumper 1898 – 1975​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom, Michigan)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Springfield, Illinois​
Mayor of Springfield, Illinois​
Quartermaster General of Illinois State Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment​
1862: Brigade Commander during Battle of Fort Donelson​
1862: Suffered from Chronic diarrhea​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.​
Union Army Commander of Department of Iowa & Dakota Territory​
1862 – 1863: Organized a Campaign against the Sioux Nation​
1863: Relieved of command by General Sully in the Spring​
1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander of District of Illinois​
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Springfield, Illinois​
Member of Illinois State Assembly​
1879: Awarded the Sioux Nation in South Dakota known as Rosebud​
Attorney in Ransom, Michigan​
1901: Knocked down by a horse and Injured​
1904 – 1910: Suffered from enlarged prostate​

Died: October 13, 1910

Place of Death:
Ransom, Michigan

Cause of Death: Prostate abscess and cystitis

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
 
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Cook was the grandson of Ninian Edwards (US Senator and Governor of Ill.), the son of Daniel Pope Cook and Julie Catherine Cook (Edwards). Politically he was a member of the Edwards-Cook family of Illinois and Nebraska. He was also the Sheriff of Sangamon County before the war.



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It was Cook's troops who caused the collapse of Fort Donelson defenses by capturing a key Confederate Artillery Battery. It was for this action he wad promoted to brigadier. Just before becoming a brigadier and right after Fort Donelson he briefly commanded the 6th Division in the Army of Tennessee. When he was ordered to Washington's Defense, the division was turned over to Benjamin Prentiss. It was this division that Benjamin Prentiss would later lead at Shiloh.
 
John Pope Cook's father, Daniel Pope Cook was a prominent Illinois politician for whom Cook County (Chicago) was named. Daniel was assisted in his youth by his uncle Nathaniel Pope which was also the name of MG John Pope's father. Unless I am misreading something John Pope and John Pope Cook were cousins.
 
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What happened to Cook during the Battle of Shiloh? Does anyone know?

There is a reference to Colonel John Cook's (Third) brigade, General Smith's division on March 19th.
Wikipedia indicates that he was displace from divisional command by Prentiss.
Rawlins recollected that on the morning of 4/6, Cook "reported to you [Grant] in person his return from leave of absence for orders, and from that time until breakfast was announced, which was about 6 o'clock a. m. you were engaged in reading your mail and in conversation with General Cook."

I can't find hide nor hair of him once the battle started.
 
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