Coghill Family Letters
The Coghill family was from Granville County, North Carolina. Four sons of farmer James O. Coghill and his wife, Ann, served in Co. G, 23rd North Carolina Infantry. Brothers Kinchin Wesley Coghill (b. ca. 1838), Joseph W. Coghill (b. ca. 1839), and James Norphlet Coghill (b. ca. 1841) enlisted on June 11, 1861. Joseph and James died of disease while they were stationed in Virginia in September of 1861. Jonathan Fuller Coghill (b. ca. 1842) joined his surviving brother in Co. G in February 1862. Both Kinchin and J. F. Coghill survived the war.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Letters
Displaying 1 - 14 of 14
ID | Letter | Date | Author | Recipient | From | To |
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8859 | Coghill8 | April 15, 1862 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Yorktown, York County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8866 | Coghill15 | January 25, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Fredericksburg, VA | Granville County, NC |
8873 | Coghill22 | June 25, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA | Granville County, NC |
8874 | *Coghill23 | July 9, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Williamsport, Washington County, MD | Granville County, NC |
8875 | Coghill24 | July 14, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Rockville, VA | Granville County, NC |
8876 | Coghill25 | July 31, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill | Madison Courthouse, Madison County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8877 | Coghill26 | August 16, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Orange Courthouse, Orange County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8879 | Coghill28 | September 4, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill | Orange Courthouse, Orange County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8880 | Coghill29 | September 10, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill | Orange Courthouse, Orange County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8882 | Coghill31 | September 27, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill | VA | Granville County, NC |
8883 | Coghill32 | November 1, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Kelly's Ford, Culpeper County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8885 | Coghill34 | December 4, 1863 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | James O. Coghill, Ann E. Coghill, Ann Coghill | Morton's Ford, VA | Granville County, NC |
8888 | Coghill37 | May 25, 1864 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Kinchin W. Coghill | Taylorsville, Patrick County, VA | Granville County, NC |
8889 | Coghill38 | July 23, 1864 | Jonathan Fuller Coghill | Ann E. Coghill | Strasburg, Shenandoah County, VA | Granville County, NC |