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.
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Rufus was a Sergeant when he was defending Fort Griswold. He was taken prisoner at The Fort Griswold Massacre.
He was appointed ensign of the 3d company of militia, 8th regiment, May, 1788; lieutenant of 2d company, October,
1789; captain of 3d company, October, 1792.
He was in Captain Lamb's company, later in Captain Huntington's company. He crossed the Delaware with General Washington and wintered at Valley Forge. (Conn. Men in the Rev'n, 293, 405).
He was first lieutenant in the 132d Regiment New York Infantry. He was promoted to captain in 1865. He was captured and held in Libby, Andersonville, and Columbia, South Carolina from which he escaped. He held commissions as major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel.
He enlisted as private in the 113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry in 1862, He mustered out in August, 1865 as captain in the 42nd Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry,
Officer in the Alabama & Mississippi Confederate Volunteers. He was captured when his regiment surrendered on April 8, 1862. He was held at the Union prison camp at Johnson's Island. In August 27, 1862 he was returned as part of a prisoner exchange.