Wounded Three Times in Battle— and Once by a Guerrilla

By MI Digital February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

By Scott Valentine Poinsett Cooper seemed destined to find his calling in the military. His father, Benjamin, served as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812 on the sloop of war

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