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Francis Marion Cockrell , 1834-1915, Confederate general and U.S. senator, b. Johnson co., Mo. Enlisting as a private with Confederate forces in the Civil War, he became a brigadier general in 1863. Cockrell's Brigade was a famous unit in the Western fighting. After the war Cockrell entered Democratic politics, and in 1874 Missouri elected him to the U.S. Senate, where he served until 1905.

Bibliography: See biography by F. M. Cockrell II (1962).

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Cockrell, Francis Marion (1834–1915) Confederate general and U.S. senator, born in Johnson County, Missouri. In the Civil War, Cockrell was involved in the major battles of the Vicksburg campaign (1862–63), after which he was promoted to brigadier general.

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