Class of 1834

James Fairlie Cooper​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1834, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1, 1834.

Served: on Topographical duty, July 17, 1834, to Oct. 15, 1836; and

(Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, May 31, 1835)

on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1836‑37.

Resigned, Aug. 25, 1837.

Civil History. — Asst. Engineer of Western and Atlantic Railroad, Ga., 1837‑43. Superintendent of the U. S. Branch Mint, at Dahlonega, Ga., 1843‑49. Chief Engineer of Mobile and Girard Railroad, Ala., 1850‑51, — and of Memphis, Ten., and Charleston, S. C., Railroad, 1851‑54. Superintendent of Western and Atlantic Railroad, from Atlanta, Ga., to Chattanooga, Ten., 1854‑56. Chief Engineer of Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad, 1856‑61.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.​b

Civil History. — Engineer and Surveyor at Atlanta, Ga., 1866‑69.

Died, Oct. 14, 1869, at Atlanta, Ga.: Aged 55.