Date: 9/21/98 8:43 PM RE: COE, William A. b. 1842 in Alabama USA Vonda, You are a sweetheart!! Thank you so much! I'm sorry the library did not have the 1890 TX Civil War veterans census. It is going to answer so many questions. The William A. Coe you found who enlisted with the Confederate Army at Columbia, AL, is the person for whom I am looking. His company, regiment and time of service will be listed in the census. It should verify his identity. I have a complete history of the William A. Coe of Henderson County, TX, who according to the 1880 census was born in the 1842 in Alabama. I think he was one and the same with the person you found. William A. Coe, b. about 1842 in Henry County, AL, was a son of Andrew Jackson and Sidney Ann Coe. Andrew Jackson Coe, b. 1818 in Georgia, was postmaster at Columbia, AL. After enlisting in Feb. 1861 with Company E, First Artillery Battalion, Alabama Volunteers, Confedrate Army, William A. Coe was stationed in Mobile, AL. On March 31, 1864, he transferred from the First Alabama Heavy Artillery to Company G, Fourth Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, CSA. Captured at the Battle of Franklin, TN, Dec. 17, 1864, he was taken to Nashville and transferred to the military prison at Louisville, KY, where he was received Dec. 22, 1864. Later transferred to infamous Camp Chase, Columbus, OH, he was held there until January 1865 when he applied for the oath of allegiance. He joined the Union Army at Camp Chase and transferred to naval rendezvous, Chicago, IL, March 20, 1865. After the war he returned to Henry County, AL, where he was living in 1869. In 1870 he lived with J.W. Culverhouse at Skipperville, AL, and then disappears from the face of the earth. I think he may be the same William A. Coe who sellted in Henderson County, TX, but the 1890 census record is needed to be certain. Does anyone out there have access to the 1890 Texas Civil War veterans census? William A. Coe is listed in vol. 1, p. 76. Any and all assistance would be much appreciated. Thank you for your kindness. Carl Robert Coe