The Semi-annual muster roll of Company K, First Dragoons, Philip St. George, commanding officer. 1839-1840.

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The Semi-annual muster roll of Company K, First Dragoons, Philip St. George, commanding officer. 1839-1840.

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This is a muster roll kept by Captain St. George Cooke from December 1839 to June 1840. The roll was kept for Company K, the First Dragoons, which was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The roll shows 34 men in the company on active duty. During this time period the company had just marched from Ft. Wayne, Oklahoma, to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

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Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895

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Cooke was born in Leesburg, Virginia, June 13, 1809. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1827 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the infantry. He served at a variety of installations in the American West and in the Black Hawk War. In 1833 he was promoted to first lieutenant in the newly formed 1st U.S. Dragoons. Cooke went on numerous trips of exploration into the Far West with the Dragoons. As Captain in command of 200 Dragoons, he disarmed and arrested Co...