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132 CSA Samuel Cooper ldr_CSA_Cooper4 NULL NULL NULL NULL 15 15 3 1 General 1 NULL 4 1 1

http://www.generalcooper.com/eyrs.htm
Do you guys have any special rules for Cooper? He never had a field command and was rather old for a general in the Civil War. He wrote a book called "Concise System of Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United States". It was more commonly known as "Cooper's Tactics" and was used by both sides in the Civil War.

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132 CSA Samuel Cooper ldr_CSA_Cooper4 $Training_Officer NULL NULL NULL 15 15 3 1 General 1 NULL 2 1 1

Cooper was the Inspector-General and Adjutant-General of the Confederate army, in charge of administration of the armed forces, not leading men in the field. This was a position Cooper held throughout the war. In the last days of the war, he managed to save most of the official records of the confederate army, as the administration was fleeing Richmond, and following the surrender, he delivered these documents to the federal authorities.

His promotion to the rank of full general was because of doctrination from Europe (France and Great Britain), where the Inspector-General held the rank of general (though today the Inspector-General in Great-Britain hold the rank of Leutenant-General)

Therefore, I would suggest (my opinion of course) that the South recieve a signal unit, or a couple of divisions when the event that Cooper has been made general fires. And of course, the event that Cooper retires is faulty, at least to my knowledge, he never retired.

Jefferson Davis wrote in his memoirs of general Cooper and all the good things he did for the confederate army, actually citing Cooper as the most successfull general he ever promoted.

This guy is actually quite interesting, as he wasn't even a southerner, yet still held the highest rank in the confederate army, outranking Albert S. Johnston and Robert E. Lee.

I think he ought to stay in the game but be fixed in Richmond and used for training.