Alexander McDowell McCook


Alexander McDowell McCook was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

McCook was born in Columbiana County, Ohio. His family was prominent in army servicehis father Daniel and seven of Alexanders brothers, plus five of his first cousins, fought in the war. They were known as The Fighting McCooks, for whom McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, was named. His brothers Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin S. McCook, and Robert L. McCook were all Union generals, as were his cousins Anson G. McCook and Edward M. McCook.

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