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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
son, Lee, Johnston, Beauregard and Jackson must share with a Cooper. It is the astute, clear, calm and penetrating minds of Shamhorst and Cooper, whose judgment and masterly ability quietly plan, arrange and direct the machinery which is to be put in motion by the brilliant army chieftains, such as I have mentioned, that wins success. General Samuel Cooper possessed an inheritable right to his enviable eminence. From Dorsetshire, England, his great grandfather came, and settled in Massachusetts. This paternal ancestor had three sons — John, the grandfather of General Cooper, Samuel and William. Samuel was President of Harvard University during the Revolutionary War, and was proscribed by General Gage of the British army, and a reward offered for his head. The son of John, also called Samuel, was the father of General Cooper. At eighteen years old, we find him at Lexington, forming one of seventy men that assembled in front of the meeting-house, to whom Major Pitcairn, comma
Preussen (search for this): chapter 5.41
proper limits, I shall only briefly refer to one, viz: the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The French Emperor, it is recollected, declared war because the King of Prussia would not promise that the head of the Catholic branch of the royal family, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, should never again be a candidate for the throne of Sprt for the frontier: Behind you, behind our army accustomed to carry the noble flag of France, stands the whole nation, ready to recruit it. On the other side, Prussia had a population of some twenty-four millions, or, including the North German Confederation (of which she is a part) of some thirty millions. Her standing army nes from the population at large. King William and Von Moltke strongly felt the hand of Shamhorst, who undertook the reorganization of the military resources of Prussia after Jena in 1806--an honor in our war which such leaders as Albert Sydney Johnson, Lee, Johnston, Beauregard and Jackson must share with a Cooper. It is the as
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
great satisfaction to the army and the country. It is indeed difficult to place a proper estimate upon the value of his service during that trying period, so great was his capacity for work. Punctiliously and unceasingly he daily discharged the great duties of his office, and at night, when others sought relaxation and rest, in a room in his private residence, his work was steadily carried forward. At the termination of the war, General Cooper returned to his country seat near Alexandria, Virginia, to find his home in ruins. His house had been torn down and destroyed by the Federal troops, and upon the eminence, in its stead, a Federal fort had been erected. Adding to another house, which before the war had been his manager's, the remaining years of the old hero were quietly and peacefully passed. General Cooper died upon the 3d of December, 1876, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
ught into close official relations with General Cooper in the discharge of the latter's duties as Adjutant-General in the United States army. No one knew better than he did the character and qualifications of the soldier who joined him at Montgomery, Alabama. His clear conception of this fact was at once manifested by placing him at the head of the Adjutant and Inspector-General's Department, and afterwards making him a full general — the first on the list of five--the remaining four being GeGovernment to coerce a State, was to be employed without doubt, and conscientiously believing that would be violative of the fundamental principles of the compact of Union, he resigned his commission, which was his whole wealth, and repaired to Montgomery to tender his services to the weaker party, because it was the party of law and right. The Confederate Government had no military organization, and, save the patriotic hearts of gallant men, had little on which to rely for the defence of the
Hackensack, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
onmouth, Germantown, and on other sanguinary fields, and continued to wield the sword in defence of his country until victory crowned her arms. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Major Cooper married Miss Mary Horton, of Dutchess county, New York. Two sons and six daughters were born from this marriage. George and Samuel (the subject of this memoir) were the sons. The former graduated at West Point, but afterwards went into the navy. Adjutant-General Cooper was born in 1798, at Hackensack on the Hudson river, at the family seat of his maternal ancestors, the Hortons. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when only fifteen years old, the term of service there then being two years only. His first service was as a lieutenant of light artillery. He was promoted a first lieutenant in the Third artillery, and in 1824 was transferred to the Fourth. From 1828 to 1836 he served as aid-de-camp to General Macomb, then commanding the American army, and was pro
Hudson River (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
, and on other sanguinary fields, and continued to wield the sword in defence of his country until victory crowned her arms. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Major Cooper married Miss Mary Horton, of Dutchess county, New York. Two sons and six daughters were born from this marriage. George and Samuel (the subject of this memoir) were the sons. The former graduated at West Point, but afterwards went into the navy. Adjutant-General Cooper was born in 1798, at Hackensack on the Hudson river, at the family seat of his maternal ancestors, the Hortons. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when only fifteen years old, the term of service there then being two years only. His first service was as a lieutenant of light artillery. He was promoted a first lieutenant in the Third artillery, and in 1824 was transferred to the Fourth. From 1828 to 1836 he served as aid-de-camp to General Macomb, then commanding the American army, and was promoted to rank as ca
Breed's Hill (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
r of General Cooper. At eighteen years old, we find him at Lexington, forming one of seventy men that assembled in front of the meeting-house, to whom Major Pitcairn, commanding the British advance, called out disperse, you rebels, throw down your arms and disperse, on the morning of the 19th April, 1775. Early manifesting such a heroic spirit, it was not surprising that he should have been found upon the night of 16th June marching with Prescott, and working all night upon a redoubt on Breed's Hill (mistaken for Bunker Hill, in the darkness of the night), and obeying sturdy old Putnam's orders on the morning of the 17th, not to fire till they could see the whites of the eyes of the British. He afterwards served with distinction in Knox's regiment of artillery, and upon his tombstone appears the following inscription: Sacred to the memory of Major Samuel Cooper of the Revolutionary Army, who in the first onset struck for liberty. He fought at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Brandywine, M
France (France) (search for this): chapter 5.41
tion and preparations were at least complete. The French army numbered some 350,000 trained soldiers. The population of France was 38,067,064, in relation to which, says the president of the legislative body to the Emperor, as he was about to depart for the frontier: Behind you, behind our army accustomed to carry the noble flag of France, stands the whole nation, ready to recruit it. On the other side, Prussia had a population of some twenty-four millions, or, including the North German Cobe paid the victors of five milliards of francs? Why such a series of victories for Germany, such inglorious defeats for France? Why such a rapid fall of the curtain upon such a striking tableau vivant? We trace it to the weakness and inefficiency of the military organization of France, and to the wisdom of the system which gave the preponderating power of the reserves to Germany — the marvellous comprehensive military method that brings, at the tap of the drum, thousands of drilled, discipli
West Point (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
lose of the Revolutionary War, Major Cooper married Miss Mary Horton, of Dutchess county, New York. Two sons and six daughters were born from this marriage. George and Samuel (the subject of this memoir) were the sons. The former graduated at West Point, but afterwards went into the navy. Adjutant-General Cooper was born in 1798, at Hackensack on the Hudson river, at the family seat of his maternal ancestors, the Hortons. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when onlWest Point when only fifteen years old, the term of service there then being two years only. His first service was as a lieutenant of light artillery. He was promoted a first lieutenant in the Third artillery, and in 1824 was transferred to the Fourth. From 1828 to 1836 he served as aid-de-camp to General Macomb, then commanding the American army, and was promoted to rank as captain 11th June of that year. Upon the 7th July, 1838, he first entered the War Department as an assistant adjutant-general. During
Dutchess county (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
on in Knox's regiment of artillery, and upon his tombstone appears the following inscription: Sacred to the memory of Major Samuel Cooper of the Revolutionary Army, who in the first onset struck for liberty. He fought at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown, and on other sanguinary fields, and continued to wield the sword in defence of his country until victory crowned her arms. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Major Cooper married Miss Mary Horton, of Dutchess county, New York. Two sons and six daughters were born from this marriage. George and Samuel (the subject of this memoir) were the sons. The former graduated at West Point, but afterwards went into the navy. Adjutant-General Cooper was born in 1798, at Hackensack on the Hudson river, at the family seat of his maternal ancestors, the Hortons. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point when only fifteen years old, the term of service there then being two years only. His first
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