Cobb, Amasa
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1823, in Crawford county, Ill. During the civil war he was a colonel in the fifth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry and became brevet brigadier-general United States volunteers. He led the troops which turned the enemy's left at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; and commanded Hancock's brigade at the Battle of Antietam. He was a representative in congress from the third district of Wisconsin for four terms-thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth and fortyfirst congresses. He was judge of the supreme court of Nebraska for fourteen years, during 1878-92, four years of which he was chief justice.