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SAMUEL COOPER

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SAMUEL COOPER

<b>147. SAMUEL COOPER</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1798-1876). Highest ranking CSA general officer. He was Adjutant General of the US and became both Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederacy. ALS “<i>S Cooper</i>,” 1½pp, 4to, “<i>Head Qrs. Army of Florida Tampa</i>,” Jan 6, 1842. On staff duty, Cooper writes to Lt. M. R. Patrick, 2nd Inf. at Palatka. Cooper advises, in part, that the “<i>Colonel Commanding directs that you assume the discharge of the duties assigned to the late Major Wilcox...Much activity will be required in keeping yourself advised of the condition of wants of the settlements, of the effort to form new establishments...You will make every effort to form a colony to take possession of the excellent buildings for residence or defence at Fort King where a guard will be continued for its protection, of where ample space can be immediately appropriated, as also, to a limited extent at Russell.</i>..” More. Boldly penned and signed. Slightly irregular left edge with corner chipping and fold nicks with minimal paper of no affect; minor soiling; o/w VG.

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