McCook, Robert Latimer

Life Span

12/27/1827 to 08/06/1862

Life Summary

Full name

Robert Latimer McCook

Place of Birth

Burial Place

Birth Date Certainty

Exact

Death Date Certainty

Exact

Gender

Male

Race

White

Sectional choice

North

Origins

Free State

Family

Daniel McCook (father), Martha Latimer McCook (mother), Alexander McCook (brother), Daniel McCook (brother)

Occupation

Attorney or Judge

Church or Religious Denomination

Presbyterian

Political Parties

Democratic

Military

Union Army

Events

Date	Event
04/07/1862	At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
06/27/1864	Twenty-nine year old Daniel McCook of Ohio's "Fighting McCooks" is killed on Kennesaw Mountain

Documents

Date	Title
01/27/1862	Colonel Robert Latimer McCook to Brigadier-General George Henry Thomas, Report on Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 27, 1862

Date	Title
01/22/1862	Edwin M. Stanton, Order to the Army with President Lincoln's congratulations on recent victory in Kentucky, January 22, 1862

Images

Robert Latimer McCook