Manufactured in 1853. Butt inscribed "J. J. McCook" in script. Includes information on John James McCook (1845-1910) of Ohio who served as an officer in the 6th Ohio Cavalry and on the staff of Thomas L. Crittenden in the Army of the Ohio. He was wounded at Shady Grove, Virginia. He became a lawyer in New York after the war and a board member at Harvard.