Samuel Cooper
Confederate Army general
Died when: 78 years 174 days (941 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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Samuel Cooper (June 12, 1798 – December 3, 1876) was a career United States Army staff officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.
Although little-known today, Cooper was technically the highest-ranking general officer in the Confederate States Army throughout the American Civil War, even outranking Robert E.
Lee.After the conflict, Cooper remained in Virginia as a farmer.
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