Joseph Alexander Cooper
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Joseph Alexander Cooper (November 25, 1823 – May 20, 1910) was an American farmer, soldier, and civil servant. A Southern Unionist, he fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding units at Mill Springs, Stones River, Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville, Bentonville, and in the Knoxville and Atlanta campaigns. He had achieved the rank of Brevet Major General by the time he was mustered out in early 1866.
Joseph Alexander Cooper | |
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Born | (1823-11-25)November 25, 1823 Whitley County, Kentucky, US |
Died | May 20, 1910(1910-05-20) (aged 86) Stafford County, Kansas, US |
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States Union |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1847, 1861–66 |
Rank | Brigadier General Brevet Major General |
Unit | Fourth Tennessee Volunteers 1st Tennessee Infantry |
Commands held | 6th Tennessee Infantry 1st Bde, 2nd Div, XXIII Corps 2nd Division, XXIII Corps |
Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War • Mill Springs (1862) • Stones River (1862–3) • Chickamauga (1863) • Knoxville Campaign (1863) • Resaca (1864) • Jonesborough (1864) • Nashville (1864) • Bentonville (1865) |
Other work | Tennessee State Guard commander, politician, farmer |
After the war, Cooper commanded the Tennessee State Guard, a state militia organized by Governor William G. Brownlow to quell postwar violence across Tennessee. He served as an internal revenue agent during the 1870s before moving to Kansas, where he spent the final decades of his life.