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SAMUEL COOPER PAPERS
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Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876.
Papers, 1775-1893.
96 items.

Native of New Jersey, adjutant general in the U.S. Army, and adjutant
general and inspector general in the Confederate Army.

Reminiscences, scattered correspondence, and other papers of Cooper and
papers of his father, Major Samuel Cooper (1759-1809) of Massachusetts.
Cooper's reminiscences cover the period 1818-1852 and discuss army
operations in the Second Seminole War, 1841-1842, on the Texas frontier,
1851, and against Indians in Texas.  Correspondence of Cooper chiefly
concerns the U.S. War Department before the Civil War and home life in
Fairfax County, Va.  It includes eight letters, 1853-1854, from Capt.
Lucius Bellinger Northrop (1811-1894) to Cooper concerning Northrop's sick
furlough from the U.S. Army; and two letters, 1863 and 1864, concerning the
military situation around Wilmington, N.C., and Richmond, Va.,
respectively.  Papers of Major Samuel Cooper (1759-1809) include brief
reminiscences of his Revolutionary War service, including the Battle of
Lexington and the Boston Tea Party.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Autobiographies--Massachusetts.
   Autobiographies--Virginia.
   Boston Tea Party, 1773.
   Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
   Cooper, Samuel, 1759-1809.
   Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876.
   Fairfax County (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Indians of North America--Texas--History--19th century.
   Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875.
   Lexington, Battle of, 1775.
   Massachusetts--Biography.
   Northrop, Lucius Bellinger, 1811-1894.
   Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842--Personal narratives.
   Texas--History--1846-1950.
   United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
   United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
   United States. War Dept.--History--19th century.
   Virginia--Biography.
   Wilmington (N.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

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