Sixth Generation

2126. Elizabeth M. Coffey was born circa 1845 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She lived with her parents in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 1 August 1850. She lived with her father in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 2 July 1860. Elizabeth applied for the CW pension of her husband, Jesse Patterson Coffey in Caldwell Co., NC on 15 June 1901.⁷⁶⁴⁸ She appeared in the census on 16 January 1920 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.⁷⁶⁴⁹ Elizabeth died of cancer on 22 February 1931 at the age of 86 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Home cemetery in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 23 February 1931 .⁷⁶⁵⁰

Elizabeth M. Coffey and Jesse Patterson "Pat" Coffey were married on 11 January 1864 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^7645,7646 They^7645,7646 appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁷⁶⁴⁷ Jesse Patterson "Pat" Coffey, son of Jacob Zachariah Coffey and Margaret C. Coffey, was born circa 1843 in North Carolina. He lived with his parents in Watauga Co., NC on 28 September 1850. He lived with his parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 21 July 1860. Jesse enlisted in the in Co. F., 26th NC Infantry on 15 July 1861 at .

Jesse enlisted as a private on Jul 15, 1861 and deserted on Jul. 15, 1863 at Winchester, VA. He returned to duty in March 1864 and deserted* again on Jun. 11, 1864. He was captured in Jun., 1864 and confined to Point Lookout, MD. He was released from Point Lookout on Jun. 27, 1864 and re-enlisted in Co. D, 1st Inf Reg. VO.

26th Infantry Regiment was organized in August, 1861, at "Crab Tree," a plantation three miles from Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ashe, Union, Wilkes, Chatham, Wake, Caldwell, Moore, Alamance, Randolph, and Anson.

The regiment served at Fort Macon, on Bogue Island, North Carolina, then fought at New Bern. During the war it was assigned to General R. Ransom's, Pettigrew's, Kirkland's, and MacRae's Brigade. It saw action in the Seven Days' Battles and later the conflicts at Rawls' Mills and Goldsboro.

The 26th went on to fight with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, took its place in the entrenchments south of the James River, and was involved in the final campaign at Appomattox. It lost 87 killed or wounded at New Bern, had 6 killed and 40 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and of the 843 engaged at Gettysburg, more than eighty percent wer disabled. The unit reported 16 killed and 83 wounded at Bristoe and on April 9, 1865, surrendered 10 officers and 120 men.

Its commanders were Colonels Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr., John R. Lane, and Zebulon B. Vance; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Adams and John T. Jones; and Majors Abner B. Carmichael, James S. Kendall, and N.P. Rankin.

The unit roster contains the names of 22 Coffey men who enlisted in the 26th.

Co. F: Armstead, Asbury J., B., Cleveland, David, Edmond R., George W., Harvey N., Henry C., Irvin, J.A., J.G., J.H., J.P., J.W., James F., John, Larkin, Thomas M., William C., William S., and Y.M. Edmond R. Coffey enlisted in Co. G of the 26th.

[*probably captured rather than deserted] Jesse died in Avery Co., NC in 1892.

Margaret's brother William also named a son Jesse Patterson. It is unclear which served in the Civil War.

Elizabeth M. Coffey and Jesse Patterson "Pat" Coffey had the following children: