Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he studied law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In 1846 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, and purchased a farm. He became friends there with fellow lawyer and Quincy resident Orville Hicks Browning, who would go on to be a United States Senator and Secretary of the Interior. Browning used his politics connections to advocate for John C. Cox once the Civil War began, and secured for him a commission in August 1861 of Captain of Volunteers and a posting in the Union Army’s Commissary of Subsistence Department. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on January 1, 1863 and eventually was appointed as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the XVII Army Corps, which was part of the Union’s Army of the Tennessee. He served in that duty in the field until he was honorably mustered out on June 27, 1864.
He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers, for "faithful and meritorious conduct during the war", with the date back-dated to July 4, 1864. After the war he secured a position of clerk to the Interior Secretary when Orville H. Browning was appointed to that office by President Andrew Johnson, serving until Browning left the position. He remained in Washington, DC, working in a law firm established by his sons. He made a return to Quincy, Illinois in March 1872, where he died soon afterwards. His great-grandson, Archibald Cox Jr, served as United States Solicitor General in the administration of President John F. Kennedy, and was the special prosecutor during the 1970s Watergate Scandal.
He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers, for "faithful and meritorious conduct during the war", with the date back-dated to July 4, 1864. After the war he secured a position of clerk to the Interior Secretary when Orville H. Browning was appointed to that office by President Andrew Johnson, serving until Browning left the position. He remained in Washington, DC, working in a law firm established by his sons. He made a return to Quincy, Illinois in March 1872, where he died soon afterwards. His great-grandson, Archibald Cox Jr, served as United States Solicitor General in the administration of President John F. Kennedy, and was the special prosecutor during the 1970s Watergate Scandal.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he studied law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In 1846 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, and purchased a farm. He became friends there with fellow lawyer and Quincy resident Orville Hicks Browning, who would go on to be a United States Senator and Secretary of the Interior. Browning used his politics connections to advocate for John C. Cox once the Civil War began, and secured for him a commission in August 1861 of Captain of Volunteers and a posting in the Union Army’s Commissary of Subsistence Department. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on January 1, 1863 and eventually was appointed as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the XVII Army Corps, which was part of the Union’s Army of the Tennessee. He served in that duty in the field until he was honorably mustered out on June 27, 1864.
He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers, for "faithful and meritorious conduct during the war", with the date back-dated to July 4, 1864. After the war he secured a position of clerk to the Interior Secretary when Orville H. Browning was appointed to that office by President Andrew Johnson, serving until Browning left the position. He remained in Washington, DC, working in a law firm established by his sons. He made a return to Quincy, Illinois in March 1872, where he died soon afterwards. His great-grandson, Archibald Cox Jr, served as United States Solicitor General in the administration of President John F. Kennedy, and was the special prosecutor during the 1970s Watergate Scandal.
He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers, for "faithful and meritorious conduct during the war", with the date back-dated to July 4, 1864. After the war he secured a position of clerk to the Interior Secretary when Orville H. Browning was appointed to that office by President Andrew Johnson, serving until Browning left the position. He remained in Washington, DC, working in a law firm established by his sons. He made a return to Quincy, Illinois in March 1872, where he died soon afterwards. His great-grandson, Archibald Cox Jr, served as United States Solicitor General in the administration of President John F. Kennedy, and was the special prosecutor during the 1970s Watergate Scandal.
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