Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Lexington, Kentucky, soldier. Lexington native. Son of Spencer Cooper and Mary H. Cooper. Married Sarah Steele Venable Cooper. Father of Wickliffe Cooper. Graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1851. Resident of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant from January 24, 1862 to April 13, 1863. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from May 29, 1863 to August 21, 1865.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District No. 2, p. 18.

Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue -- Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2014), 151.

"Robert Wickliffe Cooper (1831-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7482977, accessed January 31, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7482977.

Citation

Cooper, Robert Wickliffe. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199597 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Proclamation/Legislation
James F. Robinson, Funeral Ceremonies of John J. Crittenden
1863-07-27
Correspondence
John Boyle to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-11-11

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