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Philip St. George Cocke (April 17, 1809 – December 26, 1861) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the first year of the American Civil War. He is best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac River soon after the state's secession from the Union. He commanded troops in the Battle of Blackburn's Ford and the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) in July 1861 before becoming despondent and committing suicide. ==Early life and career== Philip St. George Cocke was born at Bremo Bluff in Fluvanna County, Virginia.〔Eicher, p. 179.〕 His father, John Hartwell Cocke, had been an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812. Cocke graduated from the University of Virginia in 1828 and then from the United States Military Academy in 1832 with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. He was soon assigned as second lieutenant to an artillery unit in Charleston, South Carolina. He served there during 1832 and 1833, becoming adjutant of the 2nd U.S. Artillery on July 13, 1833.〔Evans, pp. 585-86.〕 On April 1, 1834, Cocke resigned from the military and became a cotton planter in Powhatan County, Virginia and in Mississippi. He married Sallie Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin on June 4, 1834. Cocke became an accomplished agriculturist, publishing frequent articles in journals,〔Davis, ''Battle at Bull Run'', p. 15.〕 as well as a book on plantation management entitled ''Plantation and Farm Instruction'' in 1852. From 1853 to 1856, Cocke was president of the Virginia State Agricultural Society.〔 In 1859, concerned by John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, he organized a militia infantry company known as the Powhatan Troop to help defend Powhatan County in case of a similar action or a slave revolt in the future.〔Kaufmann, Confederate Post.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip St. George Cocke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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