Andrew Jackson Copenhaver
First Name: Andrew
Middle Name(s): Jackson
Last Name: Copenhaver
Unit:
Co. A, 8th Virginia Cavalry
Rank:
Private
Residence (County):
Smyth County, VA
Biography:
Andrew Jackson Copenhaver (b. ca. 1841) was a farm laborer from the Seven Mile Ford section of Smyth County, Virginia. He enlisted as a private in Co. A, 8th Virginia Cavalry on May 27, 1861 and was reported absent without leave from September 20 to October 21, 1864. He deserted in Smyth County on March 6, 1865 and was sent to Louisville, where he took the Oath of Allegiance on April 5, 1865. At the time of the 1870 Census, Copenhaver was married and living in neighboring Tazewell County, Virginia.
Authored Letters
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| ID |
Letter |
Date | Author | Recipient | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15068 | AndrewCopenhaver1 | April 18, 1862 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver | Tazewell County, VA | Smyth County, VA |
| 15069 | AndrewCopenhaver2 | July 24, 1862 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver | Monroe (W.Va.) County, VA | Smyth County, VA |
| 15070 | AndrewCopenhaver3 | August 8, 1862 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver | Union, Monroe (W.Va.) County, VA | Smyth County, VA |
| 15072 | AndrewCopenhaver4 | August 13, 1862 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver , Eliza Copenhaver | VA | Smyth County, VA |
| 15073 | AndrewCopenhaver5 | November 6, 1862 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver | Greenbrier County, VA | Smyth County, VA |
| 15074 | AndrewCopenhaver6 | January 12, 1863 | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Samuel Copenhaver | Montgomery County, VA | Smyth County, VA |
Received Letters
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| ID |
Letter |
Date | Author | Recipient | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15083 | AndrewCopenhaver10 | July 9, 1863 | S. N. Copenhaver | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | VA | |
| 15076 | AndrewCopenhaver7 | April 19, 1863 | Allis Via | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | VA | |
| 15078 | AndrewCopenhaver8 | June 28, 1863 | James Dutton | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | Smyth County, VA | VA |
| 15079 | AndrewCopenhaver9 | June 27, 1863 | William H. Copenhaver | Andrew Jackson Copenhaver | St. Clair's Bottom, VA | VA |
