★ Cooper, James

James Cooper​

Born: May 8, 1810

Birthplace: Frederick County, Maryland

Father: James Cooper 1764 – 1838

(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)​

Mother: Anne McHenry

Wife: Jane Mary Miller 1814 – 1900

(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)​

Children:

Anne Cooper 1838 –​

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Matthias Miller Cooper 1841 – 1900​

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Captain James Cooper Unknown – 1865​

(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)​

Education:

1832: Graduated from Washington College – (Pennsylvania)​

Occupation before War:

1834 – 1839: Attorney in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1839 – 1843: United States Congressman for Pennsylvania​

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1841 – 1843: House Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee​

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1843 – 1844: Pennsylvania State Representative​

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1846: Pennsylvania State Representative​

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1848: Pennsylvania State Representative​

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Speaker of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives​

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Attorney in Pottsville, Pennsylvania​

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1848: Pennsylvania State Attorney General​

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1849 – 1855: United States Senator from Pennsylvania​

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1850: Member of celebrated Committee of thirteen​

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Author of Compromise Measurers for the Compromise of 1850

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1862: Brigade commander briefly in Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1862: Commander of paroled prisoner of war camp in Columbus, Ohio​

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1862 – 1863: Commandant of Camp Chase, Union Army Prison​

Died: March 28, 1863

Place of Death: Columbus, Ohio

Cause of Death: Congestion of the lungs

Age at time of Death: 52 years old

Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland

 

[Pollaco]

The prisoner of war camp in which he served as commandant near Columbus Ohio was Camp Wallace.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General James Cooper! Remembering General Cooper on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

His brigade was in Franz Sigel's division during the Shennandoah Valley Campaign.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (Sunday) weekend Brig. General James Cooper! Salutes remembering General Cooper on his birthday weekend.

 

[ErnieMac]

The Washington College from which Cooper graduated is now Washington & Jefferson College located in Washington, Pennsylvania.

 

[Pollaco]

Before becoming a lawyer he studied law with fellow student Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg.

 

[Pollaco]

On May 17, 1861 he was in that first batch of "Volunteer Generals".

 

[Pollaco]

His first command was the Railroad Brigade of the Middle Department known as a demi-brigade. Any explanation on just what a demi-brigade is?