★ Cooper, Joseph Alexander

Joseph Alexander Cooper:​

Born: November 25, 1823

Birthplace: Cumberland Falls, Kentucky

Father: John Cooper 1780 – 1854

(Buried: Coopers View Cemetery, Jacksboro, Tennessee)​

Mother: Hester Sage 1793 – 1878

(Buried: Coopers View Cemetery, Jacksboro, Tennessee)​

1st Wife: Mary Jane Hutson 1830 – 1864

(Buried: Central Baptist Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

2nd Wife: Mary J. Poston 1851 – 1926

(Buried: Fairview Park Cemetery, St. John, Kansas)​

Children:

William Riley Cooper 1847 – 1926​

(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

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Henry T. Cooper 1852 – 1914​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

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Squire Hunter Cooper 1854 – 1901​

(Buried: Central Baptist Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Campbell County, Tennessee​

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Deacon of Longfield Baptist Church​

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1847 – 1848: Private in 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment​

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1848 – 1861: Farmer in Campbell County, Tennessee​

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1860: Supporter of John Bell for the Presidency​

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1861: Attended Knoxville and Greeneville, Tennessee Conventions​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain in Company A 1st Tennessee Union Infantry​

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Participated in the fighting around the Cumberland Gap​

1862: Participated in the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky​

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1862: Attacked Confederate Defenses at Big Creek Gap, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 6th Tennessee Union Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Attacked Confederate Forces at Wallace's Crossroads, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1863: Participated in the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia​

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1863: Participated in the fighting around Knoxville, Tennessee​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia​

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1864: Participated in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign​

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1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Infantry​

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1864 – 1865: Participated in the Franklin – Nashville Campaign​

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1865: Participated in the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1867: Brigadier General of Tennessee State Guards​

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1869: Delegate to Tennessee State Republican Party Convention​

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1869 – 1879: Collector for Internal Revenue for Knoxville District​

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1880 – 1910: Farmer in Stafford County, Kansas​

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1880 – 1909: Moderator for South Central Baptist Association​

Died: May 20, 1910

Place of Death: Stafford, Kansas

Age at time of Death: 86 years old

Cause of Death: Senility

Burial Place: National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee

 

[donna]

Thanks for posting. One I didn't know. Always learning new information on this site.

 

[Lubliner]

I really took notice of the cemetery plots. The 1st wife and youngest son are buried at Central Baptist in Knoxville; the mother and father are at Cooper's View, Jacksboro, Tenn., and his 2nd wife is out in Kansas. Judging from the ages, he had no children in his second marriage. His first two sons are buried in separate cemeteries in Tennessee. I see his marker stone but no reference to where he, Joseph Alexander Cooper, is buried. Was it in Kansas with his second wife? edit: I see it.
Thanks,
Lubliner.

 

[Pollaco]

The opening post lists the battles he participated in . The book Who Was Who in the Civil War by Stewart Sifakis has the following statement about Cooper "He commanded his regiment in the Chattanooga and Knoxville areas but was not engaged in either of the battles proper." What exactly does..."Not engaged in either of the battles proper" mean? Did Cooper possibly command a reserve that was held back?

 

[Luke Freet]

The opening post lists the battles he participated in . The book Who Was Who in the Civil War by Stewart Sifakis has the following statement about Cooper "He commanded his regiment in the Chattanooga and Knoxville areas but was not engaged in either of the battles proper." What exactly does..."Not engaged in either of the battles proper" mean? Did Cooper possibly command a reserve that was held back?

Means his unit was present on an end of the field where little or no action occurred.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday week (November 25th) Brig. General Joseph A. Cooper! Salutes remembering General Cooper on his birthday week.

 

[Pollaco]

Cooper relinquished command of the Tennessee State Guard on Oct.11, 1867. The Guard was reactivated in January 1869 due to Klan activity.Cooper was reappointed as it's commander.

 

[Pollaco]

The term of Senator David T. Patterson, President Johnson's son-in-law was set to expire on March 3, 1869. Cooper was considered for the vacancy but legislation elected William "Parsons" Brownlow instead.