I am a Civil War author (To Make Men Free; A Novel of the Battle of Antietam) and I have been asked to appear on a History Channel documentary and am doing some additional research on the soldiers they want me to talk about. One of these "men" is Johnny Cook, the bugel boy for Battery B of the 4th US Artillery who won the Medal of Honor for valor when he assisted General Gibbon manning a gun at the Cornfield.

I know he was commended again at Gettysburg, but nothing beyond that. Can any of you Black Hatters help me out here? I'd love to know what he did after Gettysburg!

Richard Croker
www.rcroker.com