John P. Coe

In 1860 he was an unmarried 20 year old living with his parents and 9 siblings on their small farm in Butler County, AL. He enlisted at Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September but was ill and not with them at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 26 September. He was again sick in a Richmond hospital in April and May 1863 and was furloughed home on 5 June for 30 days. He was discharged on 26 September 1863.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Greenville in Butler County, AL, but by 1880, then next door to his brother Isaac, and to at least 1910 he farmed in Franklin County, TX.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Prudence Weatherford (1846-1883) and they had 8 children between 1865 and 1883. He married again, Martha K. Lewis (1849-1935) in August 1886 and they had 5 more.

His brother Isaac was also in Company G and was wounded at Sharpsburg.

09/29/1840; Calhoun County, AL

04/13/1911; Titus County, TX; burial in Providence Cemetery, Mount Vernon, TX