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Robert Bruce McCoy (September 5, 1867 – January 5, 1926) was an American lawyer and Army National Guard officer in the early 20th century. He served as a colonel in World War I and is the namesake of Fort McCoy, Wisconsin (formerly Camp McCoy).
The division headquarters was reorganized and federally recognized on 24 July 1924 at Sparta, Wisconsin, under Major General Robert Bruce McCoy. After McCoy's death from illness, the headquarters was relocated on 21 June 1926 to Lansing, Michigan , under the command of Major General Guy Wilson.
Fort McCoy was used as a mobilization station during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. This was the first time units had mobilized at Fort McCoy since the Korean War. Seventy-four military units deployed through Fort McCoy, totaling more than 9,000 Soldiers, 8% of the reserve forces activated during the Persian Gulf War. [15]
Robert McCoy may refer to: Robert McCoy (politician) (died 1849), congressman from Pennsylvania; Robert Bruce McCoy (1867–1926), American general; Robert Nighthawk (1909–1967), also known as Robert Lee McCoy, American musician; Bob McCoy (Robert McCoy, 1934–2016), American basketball player and coach; Robert McCoy, accused in McCoy v ...
Robert Bruce McCoy (1867–1926), U.S. National Guard Major General (Kenosha, Lafayette, Sparta) Arthur L. McCullough, U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
Robert Bruce McCoy, United States National Guard officer; Charles Francis McGivern, highly decorated U.S. Navy officer; Joseph E. Meyer, herbologist and founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens; Charles W. Nash, automaker, Nash Motors, Nash-Kelvinator; Edward T. Newell, president of the American Numismatic Society 1916–1941
They supported Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century. In the centuries that followed they were anti- Jacobite . The territory of the Clan Mackay consisted of the parishes of Farr , Tongue , Durness and Eddrachillis , and was known as Strathnaver , in the north-west of the county of Sutherland .
The training camp developed into Fort McCoy, named for Sparta resident Robert Bruce McCoy, and became a significant contributor to the city's economy. [13] In 1967, the former route of the Chicago and North Western Railroad into Sparta was converted into the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, considered the nation's first rail trail conversion. [14]