CAMP COOK
CAMP COOK. Camp Cook was near the Medina River thirteen miles southwest of San Antonio, probably at the crossing of the San Antonio-Presidio del Rio Grande road. It is believed to have been a rendezvous and headquarters camp for Gen. Alexander Somervell's Army of the Southwest, which occupied the camp between November 19 and November 23, 1842.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gerald S. Pierce, Texas Under Arms: The Camps, Posts, Forts, and Military Towns of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Encino, 1969).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Art Leatherwood, "CAMP COOK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qcc50), accessed May 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
