Philip St George Cooke

Colonel (later Major General Philip St. George Cooke (1805-1895) was a native of Leesburg, Virginia, a West Point Class of 1827 graduate, and a 30-year cavalry veteran of the frontier service, the Black Hawk War, and the Mexican War. Although a Virginian, Cooke remained in federal service during the Civil War, even though his son joined the Confederacy and his daughter was the wife of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart.

Colonel (later Major General Philip St. George Cooke (1805-1895) was a native of Leesburg, Virginia, a West Point Class of 1827 graduate, and a 30-year cavalry veteran of the frontier service, the Black Hawk War, and the Mexican War. Although a Virginian, Cooke remained in federal service during the Civil War, even though his son joined the Confederacy and his daughter was the wife of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart. See less