CENSUS YR: 1860 TERRITORY: NC COUNTY: Stokes DIVISION: Danbury REEL NO: M653-914 PAGE NO: 111 REFERENCE: Enumerated by R. M. Hill LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. 15 770 770 COFFER BENJAMIN 52 M FARMER 900 300 16 770 770 COFFER SARAH 52 F 17 770 770 COFFER WILLIAM 23 M 18 770 770 COFFER BETTIE 22 F 19 770 770 COFFER BENJAMIN 15 M 20 770 770 COFFER DELPHA 13 M 21 770 770 COFFER JOHN 11 M 22 770 770 COFFER SAMUEL 9 M 23 770 770 COFFER LAFAYETTE 5 M Benjamin F Cofer                                      Occupation:     Farmer  Service Record:                         Enlisted as a Private on 19 March 1862 in Stokes County, NC at the age of 17 Enlisted in Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment North Carolina (Confederacy) on 28 April 1862 Wounded on 17 December 1862 at Goldsboro, NC Returned on 15 February 1863 at (Estimated day) Wounded on 03 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA Hospitalized on 03 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA POW on 03 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA Transferred on 21 July 1863 at Chester, PA Paroled on 17 August 1863 at Chester, PA Transferred on 17 August 1863 at City Point, VA (For exchange) Absent, without leave on 15 May 1864 at (Estimated day)                     Source:                                        North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster. (NCRosterC) Published in 1993                                  Benjamin F Coffer          Service Record:                         Enlisted as a Private on 30 March 1864 in New York City, NY at the age of 19 Enlisted in Company G, 13th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 30 March 1864 Promoted to Full Corporal on 22 June 1865 Transferred on 18 July 1865 Transfered in Company M, 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 18 July 1865 Source:                                        New York: Report of the Adjutant-General. (NYRoster) Published in 1894-1906                                     Benjamin F Coffer                                                  Service Record:                         Enlisted as a Private Enlisted in Company G, 13th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York Transfered in Company M, 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 18 July 1865 Transferred on 18 July 1865 Mustered out on 24 August 1865 in Washington, DC                       Source:                                        New York: Report of the Adjutant-General. (NYRoster) Published in 1894-1906                                 Benjamin F Coffer 1870 Invalid Pension Service Co. M. 6th Artillery and Co. G 13th Artillery Regs. NY Applied from North Carolina App. # 817356 (877556 or 877336?) Certificate #789781? Attorney:  J. B. Gralle & Co. Benjamin F. Cofer married Martha E. Joyce in Stokes County, NC 24 March 1871. COFFER BENJAMIN F. Stokes County NC 001 Quaker Gap Township NC 1890 Veterans Schedule Return to Benjamin & Sarah Coffer Return to Major Coffer Return to My HomePage

Benjamin Franklin Coffer Civil War Veteran For the Confederacy AND For the Union

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