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of Philadelphia James Cooper
A firsthand chronicler of the Spanish-American War, this Philadelphia writer captured the daily life, movement, and spirit of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. His surviving work reads less like distant history and more like an eyewitness account from inside the ranks.
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Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898
by of Philadelphia James Cooper
About the author
Little is firmly documented in the sources I could confirm about this author beyond what appears with his book. Project Gutenberg identifies him simply as James Cooper, of Philadelphia, the author of Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry: April 25-November 11, 1898.
That book is a late-19th-century historical account centered on the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry during the Spanish-American War, following the unit from mobilization through service in Puerto Rico. The emphasis on training, travel, camp life, and shared experience suggests a writer closely connected to the troop and to Philadelphia civic life.
Because reliable biographical information appears to be scarce, it is safest to remember him through the work itself: a local author who preserved a vivid record of a Philadelphia cavalry unit at war.