Civil War service:
C. S. Company C, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Age at enlistment: 15. Mustered into service 29 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville. Discharged from Port Hudson, Louisiana 19 Feb 1863 due to minor age (17).
Company L, 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 13 Sep 1863 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Captured 5 Nov 1864 at Clarksville and exchanged for Thomas Hazelman, Pvt, Company E, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment.
Son of Melvin Coffee and Jane Laster, married 1843 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.
More complete biography published in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas."
C. S. Company C, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Age at enlistment: 15. Mustered into service 29 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville. Discharged from Port Hudson, Louisiana 19 Feb 1863 due to minor age (17).
Company L, 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 13 Sep 1863 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Captured 5 Nov 1864 at Clarksville and exchanged for Thomas Hazelman, Pvt, Company E, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment.
Son of Melvin Coffee and Jane Laster, married 1843 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.
More complete biography published in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas."
Civil War service:
C. S. Company C, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Age at enlistment: 15. Mustered into service 29 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville. Discharged from Port Hudson, Louisiana 19 Feb 1863 due to minor age (17).
Company L, 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 13 Sep 1863 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Captured 5 Nov 1864 at Clarksville and exchanged for Thomas Hazelman, Pvt, Company E, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment.
Son of Melvin Coffee and Jane Laster, married 1843 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.
More complete biography published in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas."
C. S. Company C, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Age at enlistment: 15. Mustered into service 29 Oct 1861 at Fayetteville. Discharged from Port Hudson, Louisiana 19 Feb 1863 due to minor age (17).
Company L, 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted 13 Sep 1863 at Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas. Captured 5 Nov 1864 at Clarksville and exchanged for Thomas Hazelman, Pvt, Company E, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Regiment.
Son of Melvin Coffee and Jane Laster, married 1843 in Johnson Co., Arkansas.
More complete biography published in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas."
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