Jacob D. Cox-- Part 1: Man of Many Hats

From Wikipedia.

Author the "Campaigns of the Civil War:  March To the Sea:  Franklin and Nashville."

So, who was this man?  Quite a remarkable man as it turns out.

JACOB DOLSON COX

(October 27, 1828-August 4, 1900)

Statesman, lawyer, Union Army general,  Republican politician from Ohio, 28th governor of Ohio, founder of the Liberal Republican Party,  author, recognized microbiologist, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, educator, U.S. representative and businessman.  Quite a life for this man.

I will stay mainly with his Civil War service, but his life is well worth the read.

In 1855, Jacob Cox helped organize the Republican Party in Ohio and was elected to the Ohio state senate in 1859, where he formed a political alliance with Senator and future President James A. Garfield.and with Governor Salmon P. Chase.  Some very important men.

While in the state legislature, he accepted a commission with the Ohio Militia as a brigadier general and spent much of the winter  of 1860-1861 studying military science.

Like I Said, An Amazing Man.  --Old Secesh