Cooper, Samuel

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Samuel Cooper​

Born: June 12, 1798

Birthplace: New Hackensack, New York

Father: Major Samuel Cooper 1757 – 1840

(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Mother: Mary Horton

Wife: Sarah Maria Mason 1800 – 1890

(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Married: April 4, 1827 in Boston, Massachusetts

Children:

Sarah Maria Cooper Wheaton 1836 – 1858​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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Lt. Samuel Cooper 1836 – 1908​

(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

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Virginia Mason Cooper Dawson 1843 – 1913

(Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Education:

1815: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (36th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1815 – 1817: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Light Artillery​

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1817 – 1821: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Artillery​

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1821 – 1824: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Artillery​

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1824 – 1836: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1836 – 1852: Captain, United States Army, 4th​ Artillery​

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1841 – 1842: Chief of Staff for Colonel William J. Worth​

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1847 – 1852: Lt. Colonel, United States Army, Assistant Adjutant General​

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1852 – 1861: Colonel, United States Army, Adjutant General​

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1852 – 1861: In Charge of Adjutant General Office in Washington, D.C.​

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1857: Acting United States Secretary of War Department​

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1861: Resigned from United States Army on March 7th​​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1865: Confederate States Adjutant General & Inspector General​

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1861 – 1865: Served as General in the Confederate Army​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1876: Farmer at Cameron Plantation near Alexandria, Virginia​

Died: December 3, 1876

Place of Death: Alexandria, Virginia

Cause of Death: Chest Pain

Age at time of Death: 78 years old

Burial Place: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia