Class of 1852

Alexander McDowell McCook: Born Apr. 22,​a 1831, Columbiana Co., OH.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1852, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1, 1852.

Served: in garrison at Newport Barracks, Ky., 1852‑53, — and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1853; on frontier duty at Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1853‑54, — Scouting against Apache Indians, 1854, — Ft. Union, N. M., 1854‑55,

(Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, June 30, 1854)

— Expedition against Utah and Apache Indians, on Commissary duty, 1855, being engaged in the Actions of Sauwatchie Pass and Arkansas River, — Cantonment Burgwin, N. M., 1855‑56, — Gila Expedition, as Chief of Guides, 1856, being engaged in the Action on Gila River, June 27, 1856, — and Cantonment Burgwin, N. M., 1856‑57; on leave of absence, 1857‑58; and at the Military Academy as Asst. Instructor

(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Dec. 6, 1858)

of Infantry Tactics, Feb. 12, 1858, to Apr. 24, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: as Mustering and Disbursing Officer at Columbus, O., Apr. 22‑27, 1861; in

(Colonel, 1st Ohio Volunteers, Apr. 16, 1861)

the Defenses of Washington, D. C., May to July, 1861, being engaged in

(Captain, 3d Infantry, May 14, 1861)

the Action of Vienna, June 17, 1861; in the Manassas Campaign of July, 1861, being engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; in Recruiting

(Bvt. Major, U. S. Army, July 21, 1861,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Bull Run, Va.)

and Organizing Regiment at Dayton, O., Aug.‑Sep., 1861; in

(Mustered out of Volunteer Service, Aug. 2, 1861)

(Colonel, 1st Ohio Volunteers, Aug. 10, 1861)

(Brig.‑General, U. S. Volunteers, Sep. 3, 1861)

command of Brigade (Department of the Cumberland), in Operations in Kentucky, Oct. to Dec., 1861; in command of Division (Army of the Ohio), in the Tennessee and Mississippi Campaign, Feb. to June, 1862,

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., U. S. Army, Mar. 3, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Capture of Nashville, Ten.)

being engaged in the Movement to Nashville and Pittsburg Landing, Feb. to Apr., 1862, — Battle of Shiloh, Apr. 7, 1862, — and Advance upon

(Bvt. Colonel, Apr. 7, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Shiloh, Ten.)

and Siege of Corinth, Apr. 9 to May 30, 1862; in Operations in North Alabama and Movement through Tennessee to Louisville, Ky. (Army of the Ohio), June to Sep., 1862; in command of 1st Corps (Army of the

Major‑General, U. S. Volunteers, July 17, 1862)

Ohio), in the Advance into Kentucky, Oct., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, — and March to the Relief of Nashville,  p500 Oct., 1862; in command of Nashville, Ten., Nov.‑Dec., 1862; in command of Right Wing of 14th Corps, Dec. 14, 1862, to Jan. 12, 1863, — and of 20th Corps, Jan. to Oct., 1863 (Army of the Cumberland), in the Tennessee Campaign, being engaged in several skirmishes on the March to Murfreesborough, Dec., 1862, — Battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 1, 1863, — Combat of Liberty Gap (in command), June 24‑25, 1863, — Advance on Tullahoma, June 25 to July 4, 1863, — Crossing the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, Aug. 15 to Sep. 4, 1863, — and Battle of Chickamauga, Sep. 19‑20, 1863; awaiting orders, Oct., 1863, to Nov., 1864, being engaged while at Washington, D. C., in Defense of the Capital, July 11‑12, 1864; in the Middle Military Division, Nov., 1864, to Feb., 1865; and in command of District of Eastern Arkansas, Feb. to May, 1865.

Bvt. Brig.‑General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Perryville, Ky.

Bvt. Maj.‑General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services in the Field during the Rebellion.

Served: with Joint Committee of Congress, investigating Indian Affairs in Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah Territories, May to Oct., 1865; on leave of absence and awaiting orders, Oct. 21, 1865, to Mar. 27,

(Resigned as Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 21, 1865)

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 26th Infantry, Mar. 5, 1867)

1867; in command of regiment at Austin, Tex., May 6, 1867, to Jan., 1868, — Brownsville, Tex., Feb., 1868, to Apr., 1869, — Sub-District of the Rio Grande, Feb., 1868, to Feb., 1869, — on Court Martial at San

(Transferred to 10th Infantry, Mar. 15, 1869)

Antonio, Tex., to Aug., 1869, — and at Ringgold Barracks, Tex., to June, 1871; in command of regiment at Ft. Brown, Tex., June 26, 1871, to Aug. 7, 1872, — and at San Antonio, Tex., to Oct. 22, 1872; on leave of absence, to Jan., 1873, — and on Court Martial at San Antonio, Tex., to Feb. 8, 1873; in command of regiment at Ft. McKavett, Tex., to July 15, 1873, continuing on duty at the Post to June 22, 1874; as Member of Equipment Board, at Watervliet, N. Y., to Dec. 3, 1874; as Acting Asst. Inspector-General of the Department of Missouri, Dec. 23, 1874, to June 26, 1875; and as Aide-de‑Camp to the General-in‑Chief, July 1,

(Colonel, Staff — Aide-de‑Camp of the General-in‑Chief, July 1, 1875)

(Colonel, 6th Infantry, Dec. 15, 1880)

1875, to Jan. 1, 1881; on duty in Washington, D. C., to May, 1881; in command of regiment at Camp on White River, Col., May 31 to June 24, 1881; on leave of absence to Aug. 22, 1881; in command of regiment and Ft. Douglass, Utah, to Mar. 31, 1884; on leave of absence to May 26, 1884; in command of regiment and Ft. Douglass, Utah (leave of absence, Sep. 28 to Oct. 17, 1884), to May 7, 1886, — and of Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., and Infantry and Cavalry School of Application (leave of absence, Nov. 15 to Dec. 8, 1887, Jan. 27 to Mar. 6, and Apr. 9 to May 5, 1888), to July 10, 1890.

Brig.‑General, U. S. Army, July 10, 1890.