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Name: Samuel Brown Coyner
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:attended Lexington Law School 1860-1861; lawyer Staunton; living in Illinois when war began
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Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: D
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Elected Capt. when Capt. Jordan transf. to Gen. Heth's staff
Transfers and Other Service:Served in West Augusta Guards militia Co.
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Notes: Joined with the understanding that he was to be transferred to Cavalry before he was mustered in-- this was not done, he was mustered in immediately. About a month later . . . Captain Macon Jordan of Co. D., Ashby's Cavalry offered him a horse, he joined Captain Jordan's Co., and through the aid of General Thomas Jordan was regularly transferred from the 52nd Va. Inf. to Co., D, of Ashby's Cavalry. Jordan recommended him for Capt. over other officers because of his gallantry at Romney W. Va. in Fall 1861. Burned the White House, Columbia, and Conrad Store bridges by order of Gen. Jackson during the Valley campaign
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Culpeper Courthouse; near Culpeper Courthouse 09-13-1863 - 8/20/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Orange Courthouse
Date of Death: 9/16/1863
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Burial Place: Mossy Creek Old Cemetery Augusta Co.
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