McCook, Robert Latimer

Life Span
to
Full name
Robert Latimer McCook
Place of Birth
New Lisbon, OH
Burial Place
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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
Date Event
At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
Twenty-nine year old Daniel McCook of Ohio's "Fighting McCooks" is killed on Kennesaw Mountain
Date Title
Colonel Robert Latimer McCook to Brigadier-General George Henry Thomas, Report on Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 27, 1862
Date Title
Edwin M. Stanton, Order to the Army with President Lincoln's congratulations on recent victory in Kentucky, January 22, 1862
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