Son of Benjamin and Nancy (Hayes) Coffey. Husband of Martha Ann (Campbell) Coffey. Father of Hillery Coffey, Thomas Jefferson Coffey, Franklin David Coffey, Sidney Johnson Coffey, and Nancy Elizabeth Coffey.
He enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. D, 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, on Sept. 6, 1861.
He along with the rest of his regiment was captured at the surrender of Fort Donelson in Feb. 1862. He was held as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. He and the rest of the regiment were paroled in September 1862 and exchanged in November 1862.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of Stone's River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.), on Jan. 2, 1863.
After recovering from his wounds, he decided that he had had enough. He was listed as a deserter on June 25, 1863.
Addl info from Member Rick Miller:
On the 1870 federal census, he was living in Denton, Texas.
He died in Diamond, Stephens County, Oklahoma, in Oct. 1926. His body was taken back for burial beside that of his wife, who died in 1900, in the Boren Cemetery.
He enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. D, 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, on Sept. 6, 1861.
He along with the rest of his regiment was captured at the surrender of Fort Donelson in Feb. 1862. He was held as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. He and the rest of the regiment were paroled in September 1862 and exchanged in November 1862.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of Stone's River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.), on Jan. 2, 1863.
After recovering from his wounds, he decided that he had had enough. He was listed as a deserter on June 25, 1863.
Addl info from Member Rick Miller:
On the 1870 federal census, he was living in Denton, Texas.
He died in Diamond, Stephens County, Oklahoma, in Oct. 1926. His body was taken back for burial beside that of his wife, who died in 1900, in the Boren Cemetery.
Son of Benjamin and Nancy (Hayes) Coffey. Husband of Martha Ann (Campbell) Coffey. Father of Hillery Coffey, Thomas Jefferson Coffey, Franklin David Coffey, Sidney Johnson Coffey, and Nancy Elizabeth Coffey.
He enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. D, 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, on Sept. 6, 1861.
He along with the rest of his regiment was captured at the surrender of Fort Donelson in Feb. 1862. He was held as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. He and the rest of the regiment were paroled in September 1862 and exchanged in November 1862.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of Stone's River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.), on Jan. 2, 1863.
After recovering from his wounds, he decided that he had had enough. He was listed as a deserter on June 25, 1863.
Addl info from Member Rick Miller:
On the 1870 federal census, he was living in Denton, Texas.
He died in Diamond, Stephens County, Oklahoma, in Oct. 1926. His body was taken back for burial beside that of his wife, who died in 1900, in the Boren Cemetery.
He enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. D, 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, on Sept. 6, 1861.
He along with the rest of his regiment was captured at the surrender of Fort Donelson in Feb. 1862. He was held as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. He and the rest of the regiment were paroled in September 1862 and exchanged in November 1862.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of Stone's River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.), on Jan. 2, 1863.
After recovering from his wounds, he decided that he had had enough. He was listed as a deserter on June 25, 1863.
Addl info from Member Rick Miller:
On the 1870 federal census, he was living in Denton, Texas.
He died in Diamond, Stephens County, Oklahoma, in Oct. 1926. His body was taken back for burial beside that of his wife, who died in 1900, in the Boren Cemetery.
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