Valley Memory Articles



Augusta County: "none," by unknown, 1893

Summary: Blurb describing contributions of Coyner family to Confederate war.

At a reunion of the Coyner family in Augusta, Va., the remarkable statement was made that there were ten of the name in one company of the Third Virginia Cavalry. It was commanded by a Coyner. There were seventeen of that family, cousins, in the Fifth Virginia Infantry. Some of those gallant fellows gave their all for their convictions.


Bibliographic Information: Source copy consulted: Confederate Veteran, Vol. 1, 1893, p. 379



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