The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ALEXANDER McD. McCOOK. Born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 22, 1831. Grad-uate at U. S. Military Academy and entered the army,18j2. Instructor at Academy, 1857-61, ofVols., Sept., 1861, and assigned to the CumberlandDepartment. Commanded a division at Shilob andCorinth; the 1st Corps at Perryville; 2i)th Corps atSlone River and Chickamauo;a, and tbe troops for thedefence of the National Capital at the time of Earlysraid in July, 1864. Resigned his commissioD. Oct., 1865,and was appoint
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ALEXANDER McD. McCOOK. Born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 22, 1831. Grad-uate at U. S. Military Academy and entered the army,18j2. Instructor at Academy, 1857-61, ofVols., Sept., 1861, and assigned to the CumberlandDepartment. Commanded a division at Shilob andCorinth; the 1st Corps at Perryville; 2i)th Corps atSlone River and Chickamauo;a, and tbe troops for thedefence of the National Capital at the time of Earlysraid in July, 1864. Resigned his commissioD. Oct., 1865,and was appointed Col. of 6th Inf., Dec, 18H0. Sevenof his brottier? fought on the Union side, and three ofth«m, with iheir father, weic DRAYTON. Was a wealthy land-owner, whose mansion stood afew yards Irom the beach and no? more than a milefrom Fort Walker, erected on the Hilton Head side ofPort Royal entrance, to oppo-^e the Federal naval ex-pedition of 1861. As was in commandof the fort with 625 men under him. After a bombard-ment of four hours on the 7th he bad to evacuate thefort, which was occupied hy Gen. Wrights brigad-- themext day.
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