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Link zu diesem Datensatz | https://d-nb.info/gnd/103812655X |
Person | McCook, Alexander McDowell |
Geschlecht | männlich |
Andere Namen |
McCook, Alexander M. McDowell Cook, Alexander |
Quelle |
LCAuth, Wikipedia Wikipedia |
Zeit | Lebensdaten: 1831-1903 |
Land | USA (XD-US) |
Geografischer Bezug |
Geburtsort: Columbiana County, Ohio Sterbeort: Dayton, Ohio |
Beruf(e) | Offizier |
Weitere Angaben | was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War ; McCook resigned from the volunteer service in October 1865 and reverted to the regular army rank of captain. In 1867, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 25th US Infantry. He served in Texas, mostly in garrison duty, until 1874. From 1875 to 1880, he served as the aide-de-camp to the general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, Gen. William T. Sherman. In 1880, he was promoted to full colonel. From 1886 to 1890 (except for brief terms of absence), he commanded Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the infantry and cavalry school there.[1] He then commanded the Department of Arizona from 1890 to 1893 and the Department of Colorado from 1893 to 1895. McCook became a full brigadier general in 1890, a major general in 1894, and retired in 1895. One of his final actions before retirement was helping send Army troops to break up the 1894 Chicago railroad strike. In 1898–99, he served on a commission to investigate the United States Department of War as administered during the Spanish–American War |
Thematischer Bezug | Sezessionskrieg <1861-1865> |
Systematik | 8.4p Personen zu politischer Theorie, Militär |
Typ | Person (piz) |
