Edward Moody McCook
Born: June 15, 1833
Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio
Father: Dr. John James McCook 1806 – 1865
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio)
Mother: Catherine Julie Sheldon 1810 – 1865
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio)
1st Wife: Mary Thompson 1847 – 1874
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado)
2nd Wife: Mary McKenna 1860 – 1941
(Buried: Saint Augustine National Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida)
Children:
Edward McPherson McCook 1867 – 1907
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut)
Victoria McCook Bauskett 1887 – 1956
(Buried: Saint Augustine National Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Florida)
Katherine F. McCook Boyd 1888 – 1942
(Buried: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, Florida)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Kansas Territory
1859: Joined the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush
Member of Kansas Territorial House of Representatives
Civil War Career:
1861: Secret Agent for United States Federal Government
1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Major of 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
1862: Shot through his right leg at Logan’s Cross Roads, Kentucky
1862: Cavalry Brigade Commander at Battle of Perryville
1863: Cavalry Division Commander at Battle of Chickamuga
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1864: Raided and Severed the Macon and Western Railroad
1864: One of his goals was to free the men held at Andersonville
1864: Unsuccessful Union Commander at Battle of Brown’s Mill
1864: Served with Distinction during Franklin – Nashville Campaign
1865: Commander of First Division in Wilson’s Raid
1865: Served in the Battle of Selma, Alabama
1865: Assigned to reestablish federal Control of Florida
1865: Received the surrender of Colonel George Washington Scott
1865: Read Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in Tallahassee
1865: Raised the United States Flag over Florida State Capitol
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General in U.S. Army for his duty in war
1865: Brevetted Major General for his duty in the War
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army
Occupation after War:
1866: Served in United States Army until resigning from U.S. Army
1866 – 1868: United States Minister to Kingdom of Hawaii
1869 – 1873: Governor of Colorado Territory
1874 – 1875: Governor of Colorado Territory
Investor of Real Estate, Mining and European Telephone Companies
Died: September 9, 1909
Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois
Cause of Death: Chronic Nephritis
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio
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