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Born | New Hackensack, New York, US | June 12, 1798
Died | December 3, 1876 Alexandria, Virginia, US | (aged 78)
Place of burial | Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, US |
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Battles/wars | Second Seminole War Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Samuel Cooper (June 12, 1798 – December 3, 1876) was a United States Army officer. He served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. Cooper was technically the highest-ranking general in the Confederate States Army throughout the American Civil War. He even outranked Robert E. Lee. After the conflict, Cooper remained in Virginia as a farmer.