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Samuel Cooper (June 12, 1798 – December 3, 1876) was an American career Army staff officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. Although little-known today, Cooper was technically the highest-ranking general officer in the Confederate States Army throughout the American Civil War, even outranking Robert E. Lee.
Samuel Cooper was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on June 12, 1798. His father, also a Samuel Cooper, had been one of the Minute Men who fired the first shots of the Revolution at Lexington in 1775 and served with distinction throughout the war.
Dec 3, 2017 · Samuel Cooper was the first soldier to be appointed general in the Confederate army. The second and third generals were Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston.
Jul 17, 2024 · As of May 16, 1861, he was promoted to full general in the Confederate Army, one of five men promoted at that time, and 1 of only 8 men in the war, but with the earliest date of rank. Thus, despite his relative obscurity today, he outranked such luminaries as Gens.
Apr 24, 2020 · Samuel Cooper was born on June 12, 1798 in New Hackensack, New York. This means that the Confederacy’s highest ranking officer was a Yankee. At the age of 15 Cooper entered the U.S. Military Academy and two years later graduated an unimpressive 36th out of a class of 40.
Samuel Cooper (June 12, 1798 – December 3, 1876) was a United States Army officer. He served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. Cooper was technically the highest-ranking general in the Confederate States Army throughout the American Civil War. He even outranked Robert E. Lee.
Samuel Cooper was an officer in the United States Army from 1815-1861, and a Confederate States Army officer from 1861-1865. Cooper's long career as a staff officer in the U.S. Army culminated in his appointment to the post of adjutant general in 1852.
