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A West Point officer who cast his lot with the South in 1861, Cooper rose to full general - the Confederacy's highest-ranking officer and its adjutant general. His final act was preserving the Confederate army's records for the U.S. government.
Samuel Cooper is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1990. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.5234, -84.9157 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Columbus Botanical Gardens (museum), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include ART LAB, BAY Gallery, and Fulcrum Gallery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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