brigade at the end of June to march into Pennsylvania for the Gettysburg Campaign. Gettysburg On July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell's division, including Zook's brigade, was sent to reinforce the crumbling III Corps line that was being assaulted by the Confederate corps of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet. Zook was directed by one of the III Corps staff officers toward the Wheatfield to reinforce the brigade of Col. Régis de Trobriand and to fill a gap near the Stony Hill. Zook, on horseback, led his men up the hill, which attracted the attention of men from the advancing 3rd and 7th South Carolina Infantry regiments, of Joseph B. Kershaw's brigade. He was struck by rifle fire in the shoulder, chest, and abdomen, and taken behind the lines for medical treatment at a toll house on the Baltimore Pike. He died from his wounds on July 3 and is buried near the grave of General Winfield Scott Hancock in Montgomery Cemetery in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown, Pennsylvania. He received a brevet promotion to major general for Gettysburg, awarded as of July 2. A small monument near the Wheatfield Road commemorates Zook's death. One of his soldiers in the 57th New York later characterized Zook as "a good disciplinarian; he hated cowardice and shams; had no patience with a man that neglected duty; was blunt, somewhat severe, yet good hearted ... a born soldier, quick of intellect, and absolutely without fear." See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Gambone, A. M. "... If tomorrow night finds me dead..." The Life of General Samuel K. Zook. Army of the Potomac series. Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1996. . New York (State), William F. Fox, and Daniel Edgar Sickles. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rQUTAAAAYAAJ New York at Gettysburg: Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg]. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, 1900. . Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders''. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . External links 1821 births 1863 deaths Union Army generals People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War Burials