1798
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
Samuel Cooper, American general (died 1876)
Samuel Cooper (general)
Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate States
- Born
- 1798
Samuel Cooper was an American military officer, who served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War in the United States Army. 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.