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Capt Robert Theodore Cooper

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Capt Robert Theodore Cooper

Birth
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Death
12 May 1863 (aged 31)
Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
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Captain, Company C. 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry C.S.A. Killed in battle of "Baker's Creek" also known as "Champion Hill" battle, near Raymond, Miss. Son of Col. Robert Melville Cooper and Catherine Cooper who are buried at McClain Cemetery Lewis Co., Tn.
I would like to thank the person that took this picture very much. I always thought he was in a unmarked grave. Thank you dear contributor.
Beloved husband of Louise Clementine (Jesse)Smith(dau of Robert O. Smith, his first cousin)m. 23 Dec 1853 Lawrence Co., Tn.
Beloved brother of; Albert Gallatin Cooper, Paris Cooper, John Hamilton Cooper, William McAdams Cooper, Eleanor Jane Cooper Houser, James Carlisle Cooper, Mary Catherine Cooper Williams, Henry Augustus Cooper, Thomas Simpson Cooper, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper Pickard, Alexander Duval Cooper, Samuel Gwin Cooper, Leander Bruce Cooper, Alfred Theodorick Cooper. l of 15 children.

Robert T. Cooper, The Fighting School Teacher; Former Lewis County Sheriff and subscription teacker. Robert T. Cooper of Newburg joined the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment in May of 1862. He came from a well established family of the county. It is said that Robert's father forged the nails used in the coffin of Meriwether Lewis. Robert was elected as a Captain in the Lewis County company of the 3rd Tn., Infantry. He was captured at Fort Donelson and imprisoned in north until his release in the fall of 1862 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Outnumbered almost three to one, the 3rd Tennessee suffered some of the highest casualties in the battle. Among the dead was Captain Robert T. Cooper. His body rests at Raymond Cemetery in the town of Raymond, Hines Co., Mississippi.

Captain, Company C. 3rd (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry C.S.A. Killed in battle of "Baker's Creek" also known as "Champion Hill" battle, near Raymond, Miss. Son of Col. Robert Melville Cooper and Catherine Cooper who are buried at McClain Cemetery Lewis Co., Tn.
I would like to thank the person that took this picture very much. I always thought he was in a unmarked grave. Thank you dear contributor.
Beloved husband of Louise Clementine (Jesse)Smith(dau of Robert O. Smith, his first cousin)m. 23 Dec 1853 Lawrence Co., Tn.
Beloved brother of; Albert Gallatin Cooper, Paris Cooper, John Hamilton Cooper, William McAdams Cooper, Eleanor Jane Cooper Houser, James Carlisle Cooper, Mary Catherine Cooper Williams, Henry Augustus Cooper, Thomas Simpson Cooper, Sarah Elizabeth Cooper Pickard, Alexander Duval Cooper, Samuel Gwin Cooper, Leander Bruce Cooper, Alfred Theodorick Cooper. l of 15 children.

Robert T. Cooper, The Fighting School Teacher; Former Lewis County Sheriff and subscription teacker. Robert T. Cooper of Newburg joined the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment in May of 1862. He came from a well established family of the county. It is said that Robert's father forged the nails used in the coffin of Meriwether Lewis. Robert was elected as a Captain in the Lewis County company of the 3rd Tn., Infantry. He was captured at Fort Donelson and imprisoned in north until his release in the fall of 1862 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Outnumbered almost three to one, the 3rd Tennessee suffered some of the highest casualties in the battle. Among the dead was Captain Robert T. Cooper. His body rests at Raymond Cemetery in the town of Raymond, Hines Co., Mississippi.

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