Colonel Alfred G. Cooper
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Seminole Florida War, 1836. Captain in Mexican War, 1846. Lt. Colonel Confederate Army, 1862. Born in Tennessee, June 22, 1817. Died February 28, 1883. (1936)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in Tennessee in 1817, Alfred G. Cooper served across three of the era's conflicts: the Seminole war in Florida in 1836, the Mexican War as a captain in 1846, and the Civil War as a Confederate lieutenant colonel from 1862. His long military career spanned a generation of American expansion and division. He died in 1883, and this marker was placed in his memory in 1936.
Why it matters
Cooper's life traces the arc of 19th-century American conflict, from frontier Indian wars through the war with Mexico to the Civil War, through the service of a single soldier.
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Related people
- · Alfred G. Cooper
Related events
- · Second Seminole War
- · Mexican-American War
- · Civil War
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