This CDV features a waist-up view of Colonel John Threlkeld Cox. The oval photograph is adhered to a plain mount. Colonel Cox has signed his name in period ink: “Jno. T. Cox / C.S.A.” Cox wears a double-breasted frock coat with collar insignia visible: three gold stars encircled by a wreath.

The reverse of this image has an inscription from Cox to his recipient which reads: “For my very dear friend / Miss Ella Fackler of / Huntsville, Ala.”

Cox has an interesting history. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1820, he married Kentucky Senator Joseph Underwood’s daughter, Julia, in 1841. It was then that he moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Cox entered service in the Confederacy as an engineer (he was also an engineer in his pre-war career) but was quickly transferred to field duty where he was commissioned colonel of the 1^st Confederate Cavalry. This regiment was comprised of men from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Cox served the regiment formally as colonel but acted as brigadier general in several instances. Cox pressed to become brigadier general in 1864, but his request fell on deaf ears. Although, post-war sources refer to him as brevet brigadier general.

According to his superiors, Cox was a lackluster commander. He was often MIA in engagements of his own accord. Cox’s 1^st Confederate Cavalry served under Brigadier General John Wharton with the Army of Tennessee and finally under Forrest’s command at the end of the war.

Post-war, Cox found himself back in D.C. where he found a job working as a Capitol detective, where he was efficient and very well-liked. In 1886, Cox contracted pneumonia and passed away after struggling for more than a month. He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.  [CLA][PH:L]

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