Confederate

Three Cook men from the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry

John E Cook      H    10/17/61   Enlisted 11/15/62  disch minor
 
Newton Cook    D     10/21/61   Enlisted  08/15/64  died disease Forsyth, GA
 
W. P. Cook       H       10/17/61  Enlisted  deserted
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History of the 9th  KY Infantry Organized: on 10/3/61, Mustered Out: 5/6/65
 
From /  To - Brigade Division Corps Army

• Oct '61  Oct '61 Central Geo Div  Department #2
• Oct '61  Feb '62 Kentucky Buckner's Central Army of Kentucky
• Feb '62  Mar '62 Kentucky Reserve Central Army of Kentucky
• Mar '62  Jun '62 Kentucky Reserve Army of the Mississippi
• Jun '62  Jul '62  Kentucky Breckinridge's  Dist of MS Department #2
• Jul '62  Aug '62  Helm's Clark's  Breckinridge's Department #2
• Oct '62  Nov '62 Kentucky   Army of Middle TN
• Nov '62  Dec '62 Kentucky Breckinridge's  1st Army of Tennessee
• Dec '62  May '63  Kentucky  Breckinridge's  2nd Army of Tennessee
• May '63  Jul '63 Kentucky Breckinridge's  Dept of the West
• Jul '63  Aug '63 Kentucky Breckinridge's  Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana
• Aug '63 Feb '64 Kentucky Breckinridge's  2nd Army of Tennessee
• Feb '64 Sep '64  Kentucky  Bate's 1st Army of Tennessee
• Sep '64 Sep '64 Kentucky  Jackson's Army of Tennessee
• Sep '64 Nov '64 Kentucky Iverson's Wheeler's Army of Tennessee
• Nov '64 Feb '64 Kentucky Iverson's/Young's Wheeler's Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
• Apr '65 Apr '65 Kentucky Dibrell's Wheeler's Army of Tennessee Hampton's Cav

source: 10TH KENTUCKY CAVALRY, C.S.A. - THE YANKEE CHASERS, by John B. Wells III and Jim Prichard, Gateway Press, 1996.

• COOK, ELI: Co. M
• COOK, WILLIAM: Co. D Enl: 6/15/63
• COOK, WILLIAM: Co. I

• Cook, John, Private, Company B
• Cook, J. N., Private, Company G
• Cook, V. Y., Private, Company H

• Cook, Albert  Private - Company A - Transferred
• Cook, Alfred  Private - Company F - Deserted
• Cook, Edwin  Captain - Company H - Mustered out of Company
• Cook, Harrison W. Private - Company I - died
• Cook, Wesley Major - Field Staff - Mustered out with Company

Union

7th Kentucky Infantry

• Cook, James W. (Private)
• Cook, Thomas D. (Private)
• Cook, William H. (Private)
• Cook, Stephen T. S. (1st Lieutenant) 

Where to find more information?
Try the National Archives in Washington D. C. and request a compiled service record.  All you need to put on the written request is the following:

-Name
-Union or Confederate
-Army or Navy
-Officer or Enlisted

Make your request to:
National Archives,7th & Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C. 20408
Attention: Archives / Referance Branch

Or request a NATF Form 80 by phone at (202) 501-3590.
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html
Another Source are the State Archives STATE ARCHIVES

• Orphan Brigade http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/backgr.htm
• Cemetery Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm
• USGenWeb Archives Kentucky in the Civil War http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/military/civilwar.htm
• The Civil War in Georgia http://www.researcheronline.net/gacw/_start.htm
• Fort Henry http://users.aol.com/greenup1/page1.html 
• Perryville Battlefield, KY http://www.farmnatldan.com/perry.htm 
• Finding a Civil War Ancestor http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/civilwar.htm 
• Kentucky Civil War Links http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymil/index.html 
• War of Rebellion http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html 

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