Ebenezer B. Coggin

First Name: Ebenezer
Middle Name(s): B.
Last Name: Coggin
Unit: 
Co. H, 47th Alabama Infantry
Rank: 
Third Corporal, Senior Second Lieutenant
Residence (County): 
Chambers County, AL
Biography: 

Ebenezer B. Coggin (1834-1863) was a farmer residing in Chambers County, Alabama. In 1852, he married Ann E. Carlisle (b. ca. 1835). They had three children: Rosetta (b. ca. 1853), Newton E. (b. ca. 1858), and Georgia A. (b. ca. 1860). At the time of the 1860 Census, Ebenezer, Ann, their three children, his mother-in-law, and his sister-in-law were living near Cusseta in Chambers County. E. B. Coggin enlisted in Co. H, 47th Alabama Infantry on May 5, 1862 as a third corporal. He eventually rose to the rank of senior second lieutenant. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863 and died on October 28, 1863 at Empire House Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.

Authored Letters

Displaying 26 - 32 of 32
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11672 Coggin26 June 29, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Chambersburg, VA Chambers County, AL
11673 Coggin27 July 16, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Bunker Hill, VA Chambers County, AL
11674 Coggin28 July 19, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Bunker Hill, VA Chambers County, AL
11675 Coggin29 July 24, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Culpeper Court House, VA Chambers County, AL
11676 Coggin30 July 29, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Culpeper Court House, VA Chambers County, AL
11677 Coggin31 August 25, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin Ann E. Coggin Port Royal, VA Chambers County, AL
11678 Coggin32 October 23, 1863 Ebenezer B. Coggin , Frank L. Boothby Ann E. Coggin Atlanta, GA Chambers County, AL

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