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Benjamin Franklin COFFMAN46,10, 1C6R, C155, 1224, M |
| Birth |
184846 |
| Burial |
Old Coffman Cemetery, Barrenridge, VA |
| Flags |
Military |
| Father |
Samuel COFFMAN, 1214, M (1810-) |
| Mother |
Hannah PARSONS, 1215, F (1811-) |
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| Military Notes for Benjamin Franklin COFFMAN |
The 52nt Virginia Infantry
Coffman, Benjamin Franklin - Pvt. Co. G. B. VA. BR. abt. 1843? Farmhand age 17. Burkes Mill Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census. Enl. at Staunton 8/2/61. Absent sick 12/11/61-4/62. Absent on leave 4/30-8/31/62. Present9/1/62-4/63. AWOL 7/25-9/24/63.Present in arrest 9/25-12/31/63. CM 1/19/64., in hospital Richmond Va. with "cattarrhus" 3/7-9/64 and returned to Castle Thunder. Sentence remitted 7/7/64. Issued clothing 4/21 and 27/64. WIA and captured near Spotsylvania CH. 5/20/64. Sent to Point Lookout "16 yrs old and wants to be sent to take oath and go to his sister's in Pa." Transf. To Elmira Prison. Applied to take oath 8/64."Will be 17 on the 10th of October 1864. Attempted. To desert 7/23/63 but was captured and kept in prison 9 months." Released 5/29/65, 5'61/2'' fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, resident of Harrisonburg. Buried in old Coffman Cem. Located 1 mile north of Barren Ridge, Augusta Co. on the farm of John C. Driver. |
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