. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . uct during the war, set to workto re])air the havoc wrought by four years of bloody strife, stillwinning, iii civil life, high lencomiums from their fellow citizens. At the close of the war, immediately after the regiment wasmustered out of the service, January 26, 1866, Colonel Cook en-gaged in planting cotton in Arkansas, planting one thousandaores, but disposing of bis crop before it reached maturity,he returned to his farm dn Illinois, dev
. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . uct during the war, set to workto re])air the havoc wrought by four years of bloody strife, stillwinning, iii civil life, high lencomiums from their fellow citizens. At the close of the war, immediately after the regiment wasmustered out of the service, January 26, 1866, Colonel Cook en-gaged in planting cotton in Arkansas, planting one thousandaores, but disposing of bis crop before it reached maturity,he returned to his farm dn Illinois, devoting himself to itsimprm^ement. He was appointed, in 1868, to a government posi-tion in the revenue service, serving two years with credit. In 1870, he was nominated for representative in the statelegisilature, by the republicans of Tazewell County, but failedof election, the entire county ticket being defeated. Disposingof his farm, he moved to Kansas in 1871, settling on a halfsection of unimproved land in Labette County, near Chetopa,which he brought to a high state of cultivation. In 1873, he removed to Chetopa and engaged in the real estate. \vii,ija:m t. ii]:Ai)i,Ks, Major and .Surgeon Third U. S. C. C. Third U. S. Colored Cavalry. 66 and loan business, in which he was associated with J. M. Cavaness,editor and proprietor of the Ghetopa Advance, in connectionwith which thiey estabhshied the Settlers Guide, a paper devotedto the interests of immigration, through the agency of which,hundneds of worthy settlers sought homes on the fertile landsof Kansas, adding to its population, wealth and prosperity. He was one of the incorporators of the Neosho Valley Im-provement Company, also one of the projectors of the Denver,Memphis and Atlanta Railroad, being president of the firstnamed company. In 1881, he was elected Mayor of Chetopa, re-elected, amiserved three consecutive terms. He represented his home countyin the Kansas Legislature in the sessions 1885-6. He introducedand secu
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