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John Rogers Cooke

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Born: June 9, 1833

Birth Place: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Father: Union Brig. General Philip St. George Cooke 1809 – 1895
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Mother: Rachel Wilt Hertzog 1807 – 1896
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Wife: Nannie Gordon Patton 1844 – 1914
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Children:

John Rogers Cooke Jr. 1865 – 1951​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Fairlie Patton Cooke 1867 – 1934​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Ellen Mercer Cooke Brockenbrough 1869 – 1927
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(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Phillip St. George Cooke II 1871 – 1961​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Rachel Cooke Birdgforth 1874 – 1960​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Hallie Patton Cooke Wallace 1876 – 1972​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Nancy Gordon Cooke Parker 1878 – 1976​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​
Stuart Cooke Sr. 1879 – 1955​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Education:

Attended University of Missouri and Harvard College​

Occupation:

1855 – 1861: Served in the United States Army rising to 1st Lt.​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st Lt. In the Confederate Army​
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run
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1862: Colonel of 27th North Carolina Infantry​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Bristoe Station​
1863 – 1864: Served on courts of inquiry in Richmond, Virginia​
1864: Wounded in leg during the Battle of Spotsylvania​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1891: Merchant in Richmond, Virginia​
One of the founders of Confederate Soldiers Home in Richmond, Virginia​

Died: April 10, 1891

Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia

Cause of Death: Pyemia

Age at time of Death: 57 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

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A biography of Cooke states that He made a charge with "one other regiment" at Antietam, This is probably the action that got him promoted to brigadier. It also mentions that this regiment was commended. Anyone have any idea which regiment this might have been?
 
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Cooke would take command of the brigade formerly commander by Texas Greyhound commander John G. Walker after Antietam. He would see action as part of Ransom's division at Mayre's Heights, being wounded. The division was sent to Southern Virginia and would not take part in the Chancellorsville or Gettysburg Campaigns. His brigade would be reassigned to Heth's division, which had suffered heavily at Gettysburg, and fought in the Fall Campaigns of 1863, notably at Bristoe Station. When the Overland Campaign began, his brigade number 1960 men. By the conclusion of the campaign, after heavy fighting particularly at the Wilderness, the brigade numbered 1110 men.
 
The Numbering in Holmes' Old Division.

(Department of North Carolina) Holmes' Division: MG Theophilus H. Holmes

1st Brigade: Could be BG Samuel French, BG Samuel R. Anderson, BG Joseph R. Anderson, BG Charles W. Field or BG Lawrence O. Branch's Brigade

Ransom's 2nd Brigade: BG Robert Ransom, Jr.
24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke
25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge
26th North Carolina: Col Zebulon B. Vance
35th North Carolina: Col Matthew W. Ranson
48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill
49th North Carolina: Col Stephen D. Ramseur

Daniel's 3rd Brigade: Col Junius Daniel
43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan
45th North Carolina: Ltc J. H. Morehead
50th North Carolina: Col Marshall D. Craton
Burroughs' Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj. Edgar Burroughs

Walker's 4th Brigade: BG John G. Walker
3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning
2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj. George W. Ross
27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke
46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall
30th Virginia: Col Archibald T. Harrison
Goodwyn's Virginia Cavalry Company: Capt Edward A. Goodwyn

Wise's Command: BG Henry A. Wise
20th Virginia
26th Virginia: Col Powahtan R. Page
34th Virginia or 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery
46th Virginia: Col Richard T.W. Duke
59th Virginia or 26th Virginia Battalion
Andrews' Virginia Battery: Capt W. G. Andrews
Rives' Virginia Battery: Capt J. H. Rives

Artillery: Col James Deshler
Branch's Virginia Battery: Capt James R. Branch
Brem's North Carolina Battery: Capt T. H. Brem
French's Virginia Battery: Capt David A. French
Graham's Virginia Battery: Capt Edward Graham
 
Cooke, though he was junior Col of his Bgde, was appointed Brig Gen on 1 Nov. 1862, to rank from the same date. His appointment was confirmed 22 Apr. 1863, & he was given command of a newly created Bgde of NC troops consisting of his own former Regt [27th​ NC] & the former 15th, 46th, 48th Regts.This Bgde was a part of Ransom's (formerly Walker's) Div. Not long afterward, Cooke got a chance to lead his new command in the Battle of Fredericksburg 13 Dec. 1862. There he was seriously wounded, but his Bgde did admirable service throughout the battle.

*Battle of Fredericksburg/ Based upon Gen Lee's roster for July 23, 1862, subsequent assignments, & the reports
Cooke's Bgde
15th NC@
27th NC
46th NC
48th NC
Cooper's (Va) Btry
@Transferred from Cooke's Cobb’s Bgde 11/26
 
The Numbering in Holmes' Old Division.

(Department of North Carolina) Holmes' Division: MG Theophilus H. Holmes

1st Brigade: Could be BG Samuel French, BG Samuel R. Anderson, BG Joseph R. Anderson, BG Charles W. Field or BG Lawrence O. Branch's Brigade

Ransom's 2nd Brigade: BG Robert Ransom, Jr.
24th North Carolina: Col William J. Clarke
25th North Carolina: Col Henry M. Rutledge
26th North Carolina: Col Zebulon B. Vance
35th North Carolina: Col Matthew W. Ranson
48th North Carolina: Col Robert C. Hill
49th North Carolina: Col Stephen D. Ramseur

Daniel's 3rd Brigade: Col Junius Daniel
43rd North Carolina: Col Thomas S. Kenan
45th North Carolina: Ltc J. H. Morehead
50th North Carolina: Col Marshall D. Craton
Burroughs' Virginia Cavalry Battalion: Maj. Edgar Burroughs

Walker's 4th Brigade: BG John G. Walker
3rd Arkansas: Col Van H. Manning
2nd Georgia Battalion: Maj. George W. Ross
27th North Carolina: Col John R. Cooke
46th North Carolina: Col Edward D. Hall
30th Virginia: Col Archibald T. Harrison
Goodwyn's Virginia Cavalry Company: Capt Edward A. Goodwyn

Wise's Command: BG Henry A. Wise
20th Virginia
26th Virginia: Col Powahtan R. Page
34th Virginia or 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery
46th Virginia: Col Richard T.W. Duke
59th Virginia or 26th Virginia Battalion
Andrews' Virginia Battery: Capt W. G. Andrews
Rives' Virginia Battery: Capt J. H. Rives

Artillery: Col James Deshler
Branch's Virginia Battery: Capt James R. Branch
Brem's North Carolina Battery: Capt T. H. Brem
French's Virginia Battery: Capt David A. French
Graham's Virginia Battery: Capt Edward Graham
I believe the 1st Brigade was Ransom's.

Ransom's Bgde
4/19/62-Organization of the troops serving in the Dept of N C, Gen Holmes
*The 1st & 2nd Bgdes constituted a Div under Branch's command.
1st Bgde-Ransom
2nd Bgde-Branch
3rd Bgde-Anderson
4th Bgde-Walker

1st Bgde-Ransom
25th NC
26th NC
27th NC
35th NC
Bn NC
9th NC (1st Cav)
19th NC (2nd Cav)
Evans' NC Troop
Grisham's Miss Btry
Jones's NC Btry

5/24/62 1st Bgde Army of Pamlico, Kinston-Requesting 90 recruits at this place to fill the ranks of Confederate Guards Arty Co, Miss Vols to 150 men as required by the late act of congress called the conscript act. The true condition of said Co will appear on the muster roll herein
Capt W D Bradford Cdg to Gov Pettus-state of Miss-endorsed by B Gen R Ransom
 
A biography of Cooke states that He made a charge with "one other regiment" at Antietam, This is probably the action that got him promoted to brigadier. It also mentions that this regiment was commended. Anyone have any idea which regiment this might have been?
That regiment was possibly the 27th Virginia.Or was it the 27th North Carolina?
 
Cooke's Brigade was one the units left behind as part of the Department of Richmond during the Gettysburg Campaign. His brigade was returned to the ANV and assigned to Heth's Division in early October 1863, just in time for the Battle of Bristoe Station during which Cooke was severely wounded and his command suffered over 900 casualties. He was wounded seven times during the War.
 
That regiment was possibly the 27th Virginia.Or was it the 27th North Carolina?
It does appear to be the 27th North Carolina however The book "Who Was Who in the Civil War" has Colonel Cooke commanding the 27th Virginia at this time.Possibly one of many mistakes I've found in this book.
 
It does appear to be the 27th North Carolina however The book "Who Was Who in the Civil War" has Colonel Cooke commanding the 27th Virginia at this time.Possibly one of many mistakes I've found in this book.
It's definitely a mistake. The 27th Virginia fought with the Stonewall Brigade in the West Woods/Cornfield area. Their normal commander, Colonel Andrew Grigsby, was commanding the brigade and command fell to Captain Frank C. Wilson.

Cooke commanded his own 27th North Carolina and the 3rd Arkansas (whose commander, Colonel Van Manning, was commanding the brigade) during their attack on September 17.

Ryan
 
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