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whence he was hotly pursued into the township of Wayne, where he met James Burbeck, captain of a squad hurriedly organized in New Lisbon, to whom Morgan surrendered and demanded parole, but Shackleford's troops coming up soon after, the raiders were taken in charge by them. In the meantime exciting scenes were being enacted throughout the county. From the northern and eastern portions of the county, the objective point of the thoroughly alarmed people was New Lisbon, the county seat. Gathered there awaiting orders, all sorts of rumors floated through the air. To an uninterested spectator, if such there could be, it was a novel sight. Here was a short man with an old squirrel rifle twice his length, beside him a six- footer with an old blunderbuss that would scarcely measure two feet in length. Beyond them a fat one with an old cavalry sabre dragging on the ground, next a stalwart fellow with a double-bitted axe upon his shoulder, and so on with increasing variety, if that could be possible. The New Lisbon ladies prepared a dinner on the public square for their brave defenders, and many who had eaten only a scant breakfast or perhaps none at all, were voraciously satisfying the inner man, when a hatless rider came dashing up the street, his thin locks fly- ing in the air, his body bouncing on the saddle and
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the stirrups flying about in all directions. As soon as he could regain the breath, which had been jolted out of him, he feebly echoed the familiar shout, "Morgan is coming !" and in a moment all thoughts of dinner were forgotten. The greatest confusion ensued and there was re-enacted the scene which occurred at the same place in August, 1812, when "a horseman suddenly appeared from the direction of Hanover and announced the Indians coming, slaying and scalping in their course." One com- pany had proceeded a short distance south of the village on what is known as the Hephner Hollow road, and by order of their commanding officer, were drawn up in line of battle across the road. Presently a horseman was discerned coming around a bend in the road and this company became panic stricken, rushing up the steep hills on either side before they could determine whether the ap- proaching rider was a friend or foe. In their scramble up the hillside one man fell over a log and those following fell upon him until they lay there five deep. Hundreds of other equally ludicrous affairs happened, and many remarkable suggestions were made at different times in all seriousness. While driving through a shallow stream in which the felloes on the wheels were scarcely submerged, it was proposed to cut down and destroy the bridge
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mand. Of course, after the news of the capture reached them, these victorious warriors of a day, returned to their respective homes, happy in the thought that they had contributed so much toward repelling the invaders of the soil of Columbiana County.
A fitting finale to the chronicle of military glory which New Lisbon claimed by virtue of her many sons who did their duty valiantly and well in the war against secession, would appear to be the simple record of a family whose many members all so ably did their part to emblazon the pages of Ameri- can history with glorious illustrations of valor and the true courage of American manhood, and thus shed an unfading lustre upon the place honored by their birth or residence. George McCook, born 1750, died 1822, and Mary McCormick McCook, born 1763, died 1833 ; both died in New Lisbon and are buried here. To this worthy couple were born Dr. George McCook, Major Daniel McCook and Dr. John McCook. Dr. George McCook and Major Daniel McCook married sisters, Margaret and Martha Latimer, daughters of Abram Latimer, who lived, died and was buried in New Lisbon. The children of Dr. George McCook and Margaret Latimer McCook were Dr. George McCook, Jr .; Martha Umbstaetter, whose husband, Theodore
Umbstaetter, was a partner in the practice of law with Edwin M. Stanton and J. H. Wallace at this place until about 1850; Margaret Hart, Mary A. Hanna and Catherine Hanna, whose husbands were relatives of United States Senator M. A. Hanna; Amelia McCook; Elizabeth Wallace, whose hus- band was Jonathan H. Wallace, long a prominent member of the bar in this place; and Fannie Childs.
Major Daniel McCook and Martha Latimer Mc- Cook were the parents of Surgeon Latimer A. McCook, General George McCook. General Robert L. McCook, General Alexander McD. McCook, General Daniel McCook, General Edwin S. McCook, Charles M. McCook, Colonel John J. McCook, Midshipman J. James McCook, Mary Jane Baldwin, Catherine McCook and Martha Cur- tis.
Dr. John McCook was the father of General Edwin M. McCook, General Anson G. McCook, Chaplain Henry C. McCook, Commander Roderick S. McCook (U. S. N.), Lieutenant John J. McCook and Mary Shelden.
All of the children of Dr. George McCook, Sr .. and Dr. John McCook were born in New Lisbon, and of the children of Major Daniel McCook, the sons, General Robert L. and General Alexander McD., were born here.
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The "Fighting McCooks" of Ohio won for them- selves a record for valor in the Civil War. Every man of them came to be a soldier of rank before his death in battle or before the conflict ended, with one exception, that of Charles Morris McCook, who refused a commission and who was killed at Bull Run. They were war Democrats, and all espoused the Union cause with great zeal. The family was on very intimate terms with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. They came of virile Scotch-Irish ancestry, blood that made its influence felt on both sides in that conflict. It was an intel- ligent, God-fearing, strenuous race of people. Members of the family were in the Mexican war, and in the Spanish-American war. They are spoken of in a general way as one family, but there were really two families, the sons of Major Daniel McCook and Dr. John McCook. The two families are distinguished as the "Tribe of Dan" and the "Tribe of John." Of the former family there were engaged in military service the father, Major Daniel McCook, Surgeon Latimer McCook, Gen- eral George W. McCook, General Robert L. McCook, General Alexander McDowell McCook, General Daniel McCook. Another son, Midship- man J. James McCook, died in the naval service before the rebellion. Thus ten in all honorably
served their country.
Of the latter family there were engaged in the service General Edward M. McCook, General Anson G. McCook, Chaplain Henry C. McCook, Commander Roderick S. McCook, U. S. N, and Lieutenant John J. McCook. The father, Dr. John McCook, did unattached service during the war. This makes a total of fifteen, every son of both families having been commissioned except one. Dr. George McCook, the elder brother of the heads of these two families, began his residence and the practice of his profession at New Lisbon about 1817, and continued here about thirty years, remov- ing then to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was residing at the outbreak of the war. He was a very impul- sive man, and he went about the streets making speeches from store boxes, urging enlistment. In one of his impromptu gatherings a waggish young fellow asked, "Why don't you go to war?" Dr. McCook pointed his long, bony finger at the ques- tioner and said, "Young man, if this war lasts six months there will be more McCooks in the army than there are Indians in hell."
The Daniel McCook Branch. Major Daniel McCook was the second son of George McCook and Mary McCormick. He was born at Canons- burg. Pa., June 20, 1798, and educated at Jefferson
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College. On August 28, 1817, he married Martha Latimer, of Washington, Pa. In 1826 they removed to New Lisbon and later to Carrollton. He was very active in the work of the Presbyterian Church. At the beginning of the war he was in Washington, D. C., and, although sixty-three years of age, at once tendered his services to President Lincoln. Each of his eight sons then living, also promptly responded to the call of the President for troops.
When the rebel raider. John Morgan, made his raid into Ohio, Major McCook was stationed at Cincinnati and joined the troops sent in his pursuit. Morgan undertook to recross the river at Buffing- ton Island. Major McCook led an advance party to oppose and intercept the crossing. In the skir- mish that took place he was mortally wounded and died the next day, July 21, 1863, aged sixty-six years. He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, near Cincinnati. He was a man of commanding presence, an ardent patriot, and an earnest Chris- tian. He possessed a most amiable and gentle dis- position, combined with the highest personal cour- age, untiring energy, and great force of character. He ruled his household in the fear of the Lord and died as he had lived in active performance of his duties.
His wife was born at Washington, Pa., March 8, 1802. Her -maternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish, but on the father's side they were English, coming originally from Leicestershire and from the family which gave the martyr bishop, Hugh Latimer, to the English Reformation. During the War of the Rebellion Mrs. McCook was in a peculiarly difficult position. Her husband and sons were all in the ser- vice. No battle could take place but some of her loved ones were in danger. Each succeeding year brought death to a member of her family upon the battlefield. Her husband and three sons were thus taken from her, and the others were so frequently wounded that it seemed that in her old age she was to be bereft of her family. Her life during these long years of anxiety was well-nigh a continuous prayer for her country and for her husband and sons who had given themselves for its defense. This patriotic woman well illustrates the heroic suf- ferings endured by the women of the republic no less than by the men. She died November 10, 1879, aged seventy-eight years, at New Lisbon, and was buried beside her husband in Spring Grove Cemetery, near Cincinnati.
Latimer A. McCook, M. D., was born at Canons- burg. Pa., April 26, 1820. He was educated at Canonsburg, studied medicine with his uncle, Dr.
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George McCook, a physician of great skill and eminence. He entered the army in 1861 as assist- ant surgeon, and was soon promoted to be surgeon with the rank of Major of the Thirty-first regiment, Illinois Volunteers, known as "John A. Logan's regiment." He served throughout the campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee, and while caring for the wounded of his regiment during action he was himself wounded twice, once while in the trenches before Vicksburg and again at Pocotaglio Bridge, in General Sherman's movement northward from Savannah. He survived the war, but was broken down in health, and died August 23, 1869, from general debility, resulting from wounds and exposure incident to his service in the army, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
George Wythe McCook was born at Canonsburg, Pa., November 2, 1821. He graduated from Ohio University at Athens and studied law with and afterwards became the partner of Edwin M. Stan- ton, the great War Secretary. He served as an officer in the Third Ohio Regiment throughout the Mexican war and returned as its commander. He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1854 to 1856, and edited the first volume of the Ohio State Reports. He was one of the first four Brigadier Generals appointed by the Governor of Ohio to com-
mand the troops of this State at the outbreak of the Rebellion, but the condition of his health prevented him from taking any command that required absence from home. However, he organized and commanded for short periods several Ohio regi- ments, among them the One Hundred and Fifty- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was the Democratic candidate for Governor in 1871, but his health broke down during the canvass and he was compelled to abandon the campaign. He died December 28, 1877, and was buried in Steubenville Union Cemetery, in a beautiful spot. John James McCook was born at Canonsburg, Pa., December 28, 1823, and was educated at the United States Naval Academy. While serving as Midshipman of the United States frigate, Delaware, off the coast of South America, he was taken ill with fever fol- lowing long continued exposure while on duty. He died March 30, 1842, and was buried in the English burying-ground at Rio Janeiro. Admiral Far- ragut, in his autobiography, pays a high tribute to the personal character and ability of Midshipman McCook.
Robert Latimer McCook was born at New Lis- bon, Ohio, December 28, 1827. He studied law in the office of Stanton & McCook at Steubenville, then removed to Cincinnati, and was in partnership
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with Judge Stallo. When the news reached Cin- cinnati that Fort Sumter had been fired upon he organized and was commissioned Colonel of the Ninth Ohio Regiment, among the Germans enlist- ing a thousand men in less than two days. He was ordered to West Virginia, put in command of a Brigade, and made the decisive campaign there under Mcclellan. His brigade was then trans- ferred to the army of Ohio, and took an active part in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., where he was severely wounded. The rebel forces were driven from their lines by a bayonet charge, said to be the first infantry charge against cavalry during the war, and the rebels were completely routed by Gen- eral McCook's brigade, and so closely pursued that their organization as an army was completely destroyed. General McCook rejoined his brigade before his wound had healed and continued to com- mand it when he was unable to mount a horse. His remarkable soldierly qualities procured him the rank of Major General and the command of a division. He met his death August 6, 1862, while on the march near Salem, Ala. He had been completely prostrated by his open wound and was lying in an ambulance which was driven in the interval between two regiments of his division. A small band of local guerrillas, commanded by Frank Gurley,
dashed out of an ambush, surrounded the ambu- lance, and discovered an officer of rank who was lying on the bed, undressed and unable to rise. They asked him who he was, and, seeing that federal
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Major General Alexander McDowell McCook was born on a farm near New Lisbon, Ohio, April 22, 1831. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in the class of 1852. At the opening of the war he was promptly made Colonel of the First Ohio Regiment, which he led among the very earliest troops to the relief of the Capital, and commanded at the battle of Manassas. He was made Major General for distinguished services at the battle of Shiloh, and was placed in command of the Twentieth Army Corps, forming the right wing of the army of the Cumberland, with which he served during the cam- paigns of Perryville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chat- tanooga, and Chickamauga. General McCook sub- sequently commanded one of the trans-Mississippi departments. He was later Major General in the Regular Army, stationed at Denver, Colo. He is now on the retired list.
Daniel McCook, Jr., was born at Carrollton, July 22, 1834. On acount of ill health due to overstudy, he went to Alabama, and graduated from the Uni- versity at Florence. He came to Steubenville and entered the law office of Stanton & McCook, and, after admission to the bar, he went to Leavenworth,
Kas., where he entered into partnership with Wil- liam T. Sherman and Thomas Ewing. When the war opened that office closed. and each of the partners soon became general officers.
Daniel McCook, Jr., was Captain of a local com- pany of Steubenville, the Shields Guards, with which he volunteered, and as a part of the First Kansas Regiment served under General Lyon at Wilson's Creek. He next served as chief of staff of the First Division of the Army of the Ohio in the Shiloh campaign, and became Colonel of the Fifty- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the spring of 1862. This regiment started out with a flag in which was the device, "McCook Avengers," refer- ring to the murder of General Robert McCook, but as it was against the usages of war they had to give it up. He was assigned to the command of a bri- gade in General Sheridan's division, and as such continued to serve with the Army of the Cumber- land.
He was selected by General Sherman to lead the assault on Kenesaw Mountain. After all arrange- ments for the assault had been made the brigade was formed in regiment front and four deep. Just before the assault Colonel McCook recited to his men in a perfectly calm manner the stanzas from Macaulay's "Horatius," in which occur these lines :
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Then he gave the word of command and dashed forward. He had reached the top of the enemy's works and was encouraging his men to follow when he was riddled with minie balls and fell back wounded unto death. For his courage and gal- lantry in this assault he was promoted to the full rank of Brigadier General, an honor he did not live to enjoy, as he survived but a few days, and died July 21, 1864. He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Edwin Stanton McCook was born at Carrollton, Ohio, March 26, 1837. He was educated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, but, preferring the other arm of the service, when the Civil War began he recruited a company and joined the Thirty-first Illinois Infantry, of which John A. Logan was colonel. He served with his regiment at the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, where he was severely wounded. In his promo-
tions he succeeded General Logan and followed him in the command of regiment, brigade, and division throughout the Vicksburg and other campaigns under Grant, in the Chattanooga and Atlanta cam- paigns and in the march to the sea under Sherman. He was promoted to the rank of full Brigadier and Brevet Major General tor his services in these cam- paigns. He was three times severely wounded but survived the war. While acting Governor of Dakota, in presiding over a public meeting Septem- ber II, 1873, he was shot and killed by a man who was not in sympathy with the object of the meeting. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Charles Morris McCook was born at Carrollton, November 13, 1843. He was a member of the Freshman class at Kenyon College when the war began, and, although less than eighteen years of age, volunteered as a private soldier in the Second Ohio Infantry for the three months' service. Sec- retary Stanton offered him a Lieutenant's commis- sion in the Regular Army, but he preferred to serve as a volunteer. At the battle of Bull Run, July 25, 1861, he served with his regiment, but was covering the retreat of the shattered army. As he passed a field hospital he saw his father, who had volun- teered as a nurse, at work among the wounded, and stopped to assist him, the regiment passing on. As
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young McCook started to rejoin his company, he was surrounded by an officer and several troopers of the famous Black Horse Cavalry, who demanded his surrender. His musket was loaded and he quickly disabled the officer and, as he was highly trained in the bayonet exercise, kept the other horse- men at bay. His father seeing the odds against the lad, called to him to surrender, to which he replied : "Father, I will never surrender to a rebel." A mo- ment later he was shot down by one of the cavalry- men. His father removed his remains from the field and later they were interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.
John J. McCook was born at Carrollton, Ohio, May 25, 1845. He was a student at Kenyon Col- lege when the war began, and, after completing his freshman year, enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry. He was promoted to a First Lieutenancy on Sep- tember 12, 1862, and was assigned to the staff of General Thomas L. Crittenden. He served in the campaigns of Perryville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga, with the Western armies, and in Grant's campaign with the Army of the Potomac from the wilderness to the crossing of the James River. He was commissioned a captain and aid-de-camp of United States volunteers for gallant services in action at Shady Grove, Va.,
where he was wounded. He was afterwards made Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for meritorious ser- vices in the same campaign. He is engaged in the practice of law in New York City. He is the legal adviser and active in the management of many large corporations. He is a trustee of Princeton
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The John McCook Branch. Dr. John McCook was born at Canonsburg, Pa., and educated at Jef- ferson College. He was a man of fine presence, genial nature and was a physician of unusual ability. His wife, who was born at Hartford, Conn., came of an old New England family, and was a woman of rare culture. She was remarkable for her gift of song and musical attainments and her fine intel- lect. Dr. McCook practiced medicine for many years at New Lisbon, and then he removed to Steubenville. He threw his whole influence to the Union cause and did much valuable unattached service during the war. He died October 11, 1865, while visiting his son, General Anson G. McCook, at Washing- ton, D. C., and was buried at Steubenville beside his wife who preceded him just six months. Dur- ing his life he was a very active member of the Presbyterian Church.
Major General Edward Moody McCook was born June 15, 1833, at New Lisbon, O. He went early to the Pike's Peak region to practice law. He represented that division in the Kansas Legisla- ture before the division of the Territory. He was temporarily in Washington in the troubled era pre- ceding the war, and by a daring feat as a volun- teer secret agent for the Government won such
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