black & white portrait photo image in book, Pictorial Portsmouth, page 14
John Cook organized Company K of the 56th O.V.I.and was it's Captain. He was wounded at Champion Hill and had his leg amputated immediately and died only 6 days later.
black & white portrait photo image in book, Pictorial Portsmouth, page 14
Landed in Alexandria on a flatboat; later coming to Portsmouth. Was a wagon maker by trade, and he built the first coach in Portsmouth to travel to Piketon and back.