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Confederate (CSA)

Major

Richard Thomas Cook

"Robert"

(1834 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Command Billet: Commanding Battalion

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

On 11 June 1861 he was commissioned Captain, Company B - The Dalton Guards - Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion. He was promoted to Major of the Battalion on 1 July 1862.

On the Campaign

He commanded the Battalion in Maryland.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 1 November (or 1 July) but was killed in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave. He's often listed as Robert Thomas Cook.

Birth

1834

Death

12/13/1862; Fredericksburg, VA; burial in Old Hamilton Presbyterian Cemetery, Dalton, GA

Notes

1 Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /InfCoB.html [AotW citation 21843]

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