Cooper, James, 1810-1863

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James Cooper was born in Frederick County, Maryland on May 8, 1810. He lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was its Speaker for a year. He represented Pennsylvania in both the United States Senate and the U.S. House.

When the American Civil War started, Cooper raised a brigade of volunteers in Maryland and was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in May 1861. His brigade served in Franz Sigel's division during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In poor health, he was assigned as commandant of Camp Chase, a military staging, training and prison camp near Columbus, Ohio, where he died in 1863.

James Cooper is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, near his birthplace in Frederick, Maryland.

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referencedIn	Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Caldwell, John, Major. Letters of recommendation for Major John Caldwell : Washington, D.C., and Lancaster, Pa., to William Henry Harrison, Washington, D.C., 1841 Feb. - Mar.	Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn	Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Letters sent by Henry Clay, 1813-1849.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Consolidated Military Officer's File of General James Cooper, Volunteers	National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn	Cooper, James -- Brigadier General	National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf	Cooper, James, 1810-1863. Letter, 1849.	Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf	Cooper, James, 1810-1863. Letter, 1851 April 29, Philadelphia, to Daniel Webster [n.p.].	Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf	Cooper, James, 1810-1863. Papers, 1850-1854.	Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn	Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874	Houghton Library

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contributorOf	1861 - Cooper, James - File No. C1174	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1861 - Cooper, James - File No. C322	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1861 - Cooper, James - File No. C411	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1861 - Cooper, James - File No. C931	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C1121	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C1198	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C141	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C1425	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C659	National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf	1862 - Cooper, James - File No. C904	National Archives at Washington, D.C

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associatedWith	Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891.
memberOf	Camp Chase (Ohio)
associatedWith	Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
associatedWith	Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
associatedWith	Johnston, William F.
associatedWith	Lockwood, Philip Case, 1844-1897
leaderOf	Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
leaderOf	Pennsylvania. Office of the Attorney General
correspondedWith	Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
memberOf	United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 11th