If anyone has more on Co. D of the 8th GA Cavalry and/or can confirm if John S. Coggin died during the war, I would LOVE to hear from you! Valerie ================================ Subj: Re: Co. D - GEORGIA 8TH CAVALRY BATTALION (State Guards) Date: 10/30/02 1:03:05 PM Pacific Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:apollette@hotmail.com">apollette@hotmail.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VCJFreeman@aol.com">VCJFreeman@aol.com</A> Valerie, You are right on the money! Company D was made up of men from Pike County. Ash ----------------------------- 8th Battalion Georgia Cavalry, State Guards Maj. John B. Cummings Maj. John T. Stephens Co. A Bibb Hussars B. G. Lockett Bibb County Co. B Crawford Guards John W. Ellis Crawford County Co. C Monroe Cavalry John T. Stephens Monroe County J. R. Banks Co. D Pike County Cavalry Charles F. Redding Pike County This battalion was organized in August 1863 to serve for six months as local defense within the following boundaries. Commencing in Augusta thence along the Georgia Railroad to Atlanta, including Fulton County, thence by railroad to West Point and down the Chattahoochee River to Fort Gaines, thence to the eastern terminus of the Ocmulgee and Flint Railroad, thence in line to Millen and Augusta. > > Original Message ----- > From: VCJFreeman@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:36 PM > To: Apollette@hotmail.com > Subject: Co. D - GEORGIA 8TH CAVALRY BATTALION (State Guards) > > Hello -- > > I was given your name and told you might be able to help me with the > following. > > GEORGIA 8TH CAVALRY BATTALION (State Guards) - specifically Unit "D" > > Do you know what areas made up the above unit? > > The master GA Soldiers index lists a John S. Coggin as a member and I am > trying to determine if it is this same John S. Coggin of Pike Co., GA: > > Descendants of Burrell Coggin > > 1 Burrell Coggin b: 5 Jan 1797 in North Carolina d: 21 > Dec 1853 > +Tabitha Pool b: 9 Sep 1802 in Montgomery Co., North Carolina > m: Abt 1819 > > ~ 2 John S. Coggin b: 1822-1825 in North Carolina d: 1861-1870 in > Civil War? Not enumerated in 1870 census > ~~ +Phobe E. E. ?_______ b: 1834-1835 in Alabama or South > Carolina or Georgia m: Bef 1859 Father: Mother: > ~~~~ 3 Tabitha A. Coggin b: Mar 1860 in Pike Co,. Georgia > ~~~~ 3 Nancy J. Coggin b: Abt 1863 in Pike Co, Georgia