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Jacob Dolson Cox, Jr. (October 27, 1828 – August 4, 1900), was a statesman, lawyer, Union Army general during the American Civil War, Republican politician from Ohio, Liberal Republican Party founder, educator, author, and recognized microbiologist.
Jacob Dolson Cox (born Oct. 27, 1828, Montreal, Que., Can.—died Aug. 8, 1900, Magnolia, Mass., U.S.) was a U.S. political leader who became one of the great “civilian” Union generals during the American Civil War and one of the country’s foremost military historians.
Jacob Dolson Cox, a staunch abolitionist from Ohio, rose to the rank of major general in the Union Army and commanded troops in both Eastern and Western Theaters during the Civil War. (Library of Congress)
12 de ene. de 2024 · Jacob Dolson Cox. October 27, 1828–August 4, 1900. Jacob D. Cox was a nineteenth-century American political and military leader who served as a brigadier general in the U.S. volunteer army during the American Civil War.
COX, JACOB DOLSON (15 May 1852-23 Feb. 1930) co-founded the Cleveland manufacturing firm of Cox and Prentiss, an ancestor of the ACME-CLEVELAND CORPORATION. He was born in Warren, OH, to Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox.
Jacob Dolson Cox was born in 1828 in Montreal, Canada. He studied the law and then entered the seminary at Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College), where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1851 and a master’s degree in 1854.
16 de may. de 2020 · Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the challenge. In a conflict in which “political generals” often proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general, emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army.
