A headstone dedication was held Saturday for Confederate Brigadier General Douglas Hancock Cooper at the Fort Washita Confederate Cemetery. The event was organized by Clem Vann Rogers, Camp 481 Sons of Confederate Veterans Oklahoma City.
Cooper also served in the Mexican-American War and he was a Federal Indian Agent for the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes.
EricMcBroom,commander of Oklahoma City camp 481, Sons of Confederate Veterans, said this began as a project of Kevin Easterling, who is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans…