Cooper, James, 1810-1863
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Cooper, James, 1810-1863
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Cooper
Forename :
James
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1810-1863
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James Cooper was born in Frederick County, Maryland on May 8, 1810. He lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was its Speaker for a year. He represented Pennsylvania in both the United States Senate and the U.S. House.
When the American Civil War started, Cooper raised a brigade of volunteers in Maryland and was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in May 1861. His brigade served in Franz Sigel's division during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In poor health, he was assigned as commandant of Camp Chase, a military staging, training and prison camp near Columbus, Ohio, where he died in 1863.
James Cooper is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, near his birthplace in Frederick, Maryland.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/2024153
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no89011922
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no89011922
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1680195
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894008/james-cooper
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Slavery
Civil War, 1861-1865
Fugitive slave law of 1850
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
Whig Party (U.S.)
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Shenandoah Valley
VA, US
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James Cooper served in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.
Columbus
OH, US
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Death
James Cooper died at Camp Chase on March 23, 1863.
Frederick County
MD, US
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Birth
James Cooper was born on May 8, 1810.
Harrisburg
PA, US
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James Cooper served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1840. He also was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. James Cooper was also the Pennsylvania Attorney General in 1848.
Gettysburg
PA, US
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James Cooper lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Washington City
DC, US
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James Cooper served in the US House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843 James Cooper served in the US Senate from 1849 to 1855.
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