Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Samuel Cooper

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                                   COOPER
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   COOPER, GENERAL SAMUEL, whose father fought in the Revolutionary war
   at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Monmouth, and Germantown, was born in
   Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1798, and graduated from West Point when
   but seventeen years of age, receiving a commission as second
   lieutenant of artillery. The next few years were employed in garrison
   duty, and as aide to Generals Macomb and Worth, serving as chief of
   staff with the latter during the Florida war.
   From 1842 until 1852, he did special duty at the National Capital,
   receiving while there, his brevet as colonel for Mexican services.
   From 1856 to 1861, he held the post of Adjutant-General of the U. S.
   army, ranking as a staff-colonel. For a short time he acted as
   Secretary of War.
   At the outbreak of the rebellion, Colonel Cooper joined the seceding
   forces, and was appointed adjutant and inspector-general of the
   Confederate army, with rank as senior general.
   His special talent in military matters was in organizing, and in the
   systematic arrangement and maintenance of all affairs connected with
   discipline and administration. He prepared and published in 1836, a
   book of instructions for the militia and volunteers. His latter years
   was spent near Alexandria, Va., where he died in 1876.