Civil War — David R[ichie] Cooper, Pvt, Co. H, 29th Iowa Infantry (son of [p.209] Amos Christopher Cooper; b. abt 1844 Missouri; res. Afton, Iowa) — enlisted 2 Aug 1862 (age 18), died of disease 25 Oct 1863 at Little Rock, Arkansas, bur. Little Rock National Cemetery (Sec. 2, plot 1-125). Father + son served in the SAME company (Amos = Co. H 29th Iowa, [p.209]). Multiple NARA/Ancestry indexes; maintainer pull 2026-06-09.

Transcription and notes

ℹ Filed in the B (Revolutionary War) section, which the catalog uses as its general military-service section (cf. the War-of-1812 + Civil-War entries already here, e.g. B.10–B.21, B.29–B.35, B.68).

Subject: David Richie Cooper (~1844–1863), eldest son of p.209 Amos Christopher Cooper × (1st wife) Elizabeth Thurlow. A Y-line dead-end (died age ~19, unmarried). Maintainer Fold3/Ancestry screenshots 2026-06-09.

Verbatim data (4 indexes)

US Civil War Soldier Records & Profiles, 1861–1865 (+ "Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion"): - Name David R Cooper · Enlistment age 18 · Birth abt 1844 · Birth place Missouri · Enlistment date 2 Aug 1862 · Enlistment rank Private · Muster date 8 Nov 1862 · Muster place Iowa · Muster company H · Muster regiment 29th Infantry · Muster-out date 25 Oct 1863 · Muster-out place Little Rock, Arkansas · Muster-out information "died disease" · Side Union · Survived war? No · Residence place Afton, Iowa · Burial place Little Rock, Arkansas · Cemetery Little Rock National Cemetery · Plot 1-125.

US Civil War Soldiers, 1861–1865 (NARA M541): David R. Cooper · Union · Iowa · 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Co. H · Rank in/out Private · Film M541 roll 6.

Little Rock National Cemetery, 1868–2010 (Ancestry): David R Cooper · Origin State Iowa · Little Rock National Cemetery · Section 2 · Little Rock, Arkansas. (Gravestone photo: "DAVID R COOPER / CO H / 29 IOWA INF.")

Find A Grave #3131333 (on-disk: (image held in the family archive)): Little Rock National Cemetery (#109422); bio repeats the service facts and adds that he is "listed in the cemetery as D.A. Cooper" — explains the abbreviated/garbled stone reading.

Significance

• Resolves a [p.209] open item. David Richie Cooper, listed on Amos's Find A Grave as "PVT David Richie Cooper 1844-1863," is now primary-source-confirmed a Civil War casualty: Pvt, Co. H, 29th Iowa Inf, died of disease 25 Oct 1863 at Little Rock, AR, buried Little Rock National Cemetery (Sec. 2, plot 1-125).
• Father + son in the SAME company — Amos (the father) was also Co. H, 29th Iowa Infantry (2nd Lieut; [p.209]). This cross-confirms that the Iowa-29th "Amos C. Cooper" is our Amos (a father and son enlisting together in one company).
• Birthplace Missouri, ~1844 — matches the 1860 census ([D.375], David R. b. Missouri), refining the family's OH→MO→OH→IA migration and helping resolve the p.209 "David Richie b.1844 vs marriage 1845" question (b. ~1844–46, Missouri).
• Residence Afton, Iowa at enlistment = Union Co. IA (the family's home per [D.375] / [p.209]).

Cross-references

• p.209 Amos Christopher Cooper — father (Co. H 29th Iowa, 2nd Lt; pension Invalid cert 274,318)
• D.375 1860 Pleasant Twp Union Co IA census — David R. age ~14 in the household, b. Missouri