Joseph J. Cook

Joseph Jarvis Cook (December 1, 1826 – January 31, 1869) was a Confederate naval officer during the American Civil War. He was most notable for being the main Confederate commander at the Battle of Galveston Harbor.

Biography Early life Cook was born on New Bern, North Carolina on December 1, 1826, as the son of Major and Mary W. Cook.

He entered military service in 1848 at Annapolis, Maryland and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in the same year but was discharged from the Navy in 1852. Due to this, he moved to Fairfield, Alabama where he would farm at his plantation until the outbreak of the American Civil War. but then assisting the Confederates at the Battle of Galveston at Kuhn's Wharf.

He later participated at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass and repelled the Union advance there. However he later had to get a surgery in 1864, reducing his military career before surrendering on June 2, 1865. He was paroled on August 8 of the same year and returned to Alabama. Cook later died on January 31, 1869, from unknown circumstances and was buried at Cook Cemetery, Pickensville, Alabama.