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Edward M. McCook

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McCook left the governorship when his second term expired in 1875 and turned to various business pursuits. He became very wealthy from numerous shrewd investments in real estate, mining interests and in new European
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He returned to the regular army when his volunteers were mustered out following the war. In 1866, McCook resigned from the army and returned to civilian life. President
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During Stoneman's raid, McCook gained a reputation for condoning and encouraging the destruction of civilian property. McCook and his remaining cavalry marched to
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for the federal government, gathering information of value to the military. He then enlisted as a cavalry
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in Florida. That same day, his jubilant troopers raised the U.S. flag over the state capitol.
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surrendered the last active Confederate troops in the state to McCook. On May 20, McCook read
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in the volunteers by the end of the war, and received the official praise of his superior,
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In March and April 1865, as the war near its close, McCook commanded the First Division in
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companies. For a time, he paid more income and business taxes than any man in Colorado.
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of volunteers and given command of the First Cavalry Division in the
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State of Georgia Historical Marker for the Battle of Brown's Mill
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With the onset of the Civil War in 1861, McCook traveled to
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Governor of the Territory of Colorado
Samuel Hitt Elbert
John Long Routt
Alexander Cameron Hunt
Samuel Hitt Elbert
United States Minister to Hawaii
Andrew Johnson
James McBride
Henry A. Peirce
Steubenville
Ohio
Chicago
Illinois
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United States Army
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Brigadier General

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