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American and Confederate military officer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Jarvis Cook (1826-1869) was an American Colonel who served the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was most notable for being the main Confederate commander at the Battle of Galveston Harbor.
Joseph Jarvis Cook | |
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 Cook's Burial at Cook Cemetery | |
| Born | December 1, 1826 New Bern, North Carolina, United States |
| Died | January 31, 1869 (aged 42) Alabama, United States |
| Buried | Cook Cemetery, Pickensville, Alabama, United States |
| Allegiance |  United States Confederate States |
| Branch |  United States Navy Confederate States Navy |
| Years of service | 1848 – 1852 1861 – 1865 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War
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Cook was born on New Bern, North Carolina on December 1, 1826, as the son of Major and Mary W. Cook.[1][2]
He entered military service in 1848 at Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the naval academy there at the same year but was discharged from the United States Navy in 1852.[1][3] Due to this, he moved to Fairfield, Alabama where he would farm at his plantation until the outbreak of the American Civil War.[3] During his life there, he married Melissa Dew in 1851 and had one daughter with her.[1]
Around 1861, Cook was at Harrisburg, Texas but when the Union blockaded the Texan coast, Cook enlisted as a lieutenant colonel and formed the Active Company of Dixie Grays. This unit would spend time at Fort Herbert at the Galveston area before being merged into the 3rd Texas Artillery Battalion and Cook assuming command of the Battalion.[1][3] When Union ships arrived at the area in October 1862, Cook participated at the Battle of Galveston Harbor before asking for a negotiation after the Confederate defeat[4] but then assisting the Confederates at the Battle of Galveston at Kuhn's Wharf.[1][3]
He later participated at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass and repelled the Union advance there.[1] However he later had to get a surgery in 1864, reducing his military career before surrendering on June 2, 1865.[1] He was paroled on August 8 of the same year and returned to Alabama.[1][3] Cook later died on January 31, 1869, from unknown circumstances and was buried at Cook Cemetery, Pickensville, Alabama.[3][2]
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