Born in Alabama on July 3, 1835, GUSTAVE COOK
moved to Texas alone at the age of fifteen and studied
law. He enlisted as a private in the 8th Texas Cavalry,
"Terry's Texas Rangers," in 1861 and was promoted
to colonel by July 1863. After the war he became a circuit
court judge in Galveston, served in the Texas state legislature,
and led an unsuccessful campaign for governor in 1890.
He died in 1897 of complications from a wound suffered
during his military service. Get
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Fall of Richmond, Va. on the Night of April 2nd 1865 (GLC
02881.01)
