Daniel McCook: Patriarch of the House of Dan

Monday, December 19, 2011

Note: McCook, Nebraska takes its name from Alexander McDowell McCook, a friend of one of McCook's founding fathers. Alexander, however, was just one son of a very famous family of Civil War fighters. Seventeen McCooks fought for the North in the Civil War. Three were Major Generals, three were Brigadier Generals, One was a Naval Lieutenant, four were Surgeons, two were Colonels, one a Major, one a Lieutenant, one a Private, and one was a Chaplain. Four of the McCooks gave their lives to save the Union.

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