COOKE, Philip St George

Affiliation:  Union

Born: June 13 1809, Leesburg VA

Died: March 20 1895, Detroit MI

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1827, frontier duty, Black Hawk War, Mexican war, explorer, observer in the Crimean War

War Service: November 1861 Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, served in Washington defences, commanded a cavalry division in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, court martial duty, commanded Dist. of Baton Rouge, recruiting duty

Post War: Army service, author.