News:
Now in the library; "Genealogy of the Cooke and Cook family". New under the Moments in Time section: my "I Love Me Wall". (purely self-indulgent, I know.)
honoring our relatives that have served this country. This list is "in progress" and by no means comlete. If you feel we've overlooked someone please contact us using the "Suggest" tab on the top of their page.
He enlisted in Company F, 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, April 19, 1861, as first sergeant, for the three month's service. He re-enlisted in September of the same year in Company I, 3rd Missouri Cavalry and, was promoted to first lieutenant. Promoted to captain in 1862. Promoted to major in 1864. He served until the end of the war.
He was an assistant surgeon of the 9th Connecticut volunteers. The was captured and as a POW pressed into service treating both Union and Confederate soldiers.
He served as waiter (servant) to his father and had some time as a solder. Personal servants to officers were allowed and regulated. They were expected to carry arms during drill and in line of battle, though in practice this did not always occur. He applied for a pension but it was rejected. The law didn't allow service as a waiter to be counted and he could not prove enough regular service to qualify. He also helped spread the alarm at the burning od New London.
In 1875 he enlisted in the Navy for two years. He was on the ship USS Huron. He one of the survivors when the ship was wrecked. Discharged, January 1878.
From the Groton Avery Clan book; In 1861, he, with William B. Barton, raised and largely equipped the 48th regiment of New York volunteers; he went to the front as regimental quartermaster; was soon made quartermaster of the second brigade, tenth army corps; was with Admiral Dupont at Port Royal ; was with Grant before Petersburg as quartermaster of the tenth army corps, having been promoted to the rank of colonel.