Nashville Coatney

1839 -

• Name	Nashville Coatney
  Birth	ABT. 1839
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I1609	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Archibald (also Courtney) Coatney,   b. 1783, VA or Estill Co., KY? d. 1875, Jefferson Co., IN (Age 92 years)
  Mother	MEDILLA McINTOSH,   b. ABT. 1800, Jefferson Co., IN d. BEF. 1849, Jefferson Co., IN (Age < 48 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1833	Estill Co., KY or VA
  Family ID	F0151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Coatney, Nashville (abt. 1839-abt. 1864) Individual/ Military photo was probably taken in IN about 1861-1863. This photo came from Don Coatney's Coatney Collection at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/CoatneyPhotos.html

  
  

• Notes

  ******** Source: SEE DON COATNEY'S SITES FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: Civil War letters, both original and transcribed, may be found in Don Coatney's Coatney Collection at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/Coatney.html & at http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ (the letters of William Curtis Morgan ) & at http://www.letterscivilwar.com/index.html (look under contributers for Don Coatney). Included family members are the sons of Archibald Coatney: Jesse Coatney (b: abt: 1838), Nashville Coatney (b: abt. 1839), Harrison Coatney (b: abt. 1846, d: 1867), & George Washington Coatney & his wife Arminda Bernard Spurgeon Coatney (1839-1924). ******** Source: SEE DON COATNEY'S SITES FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: Coatney letters, both original and transcribed, may be found in Don Coatney's Coatney Collection at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/Coatney.html. Included family members are: Arminda Bernard Spurgeon Coatney (1839-1924) and her sons Thomas Jefferson Coatney (1857-1934), George Combe Coatney (1860-1898), Benjamin Harrison Coatney (1865-1925), & Charles E. Coatney (1869-1894), as well as Bertha Coatney (b: 1887) & her husband Earl Wells (b: 1888). ******** Source: SEE DON COATNEY'S SITES FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: Civil War letters, both original and transcribed, may be found in Don Coatney's Coatney Collection at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/Coatney.html & at http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ (the letters of William Curtis Morgan ) & at http://www.letterscivilwar.com/index.html (look under contributers for Don Coatney). http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/CoatneyLet5.html Yorktown, VA. May 2nd, 1864 Dear Brother it is with great pleasure that I seat myself for the purpose of dropping you a few lines in answers to yours of April 25th which just came to hand it found me well this leaves me the same and I hope it will find you all well. We left South Carolina and went to Florida and was there about 2 months and then we came back to Virginia. We are now on Gloucester Point opposite Yorktown. I don’t know how long we will stay here. Well George I only have 45 days to stay. Wee will bee out on the 18th of June next so you may look for me home before long. If you can I would like to have the money you owe me by the 1st of September next. I will send you one of our company pictures and take good care of it for me. There is no news of importance so you need not answer this letter for I will bee on m way home before it could get here so no more. Nashville Coatney This letter was written to George Washington Coatney from his brother Nashville Coatney ******** Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/IN-CIVIL-WAR/2003-02/1045321345 Don Coatney: [As of Feb. 15, 2003): "Last information I have on him is he was in a battle May 9-10, 1864 I believe at Swift Creek (state of Virginia). Per a letter from one of his comrades named Albert Meranda, he was either wounded and left in the field or he was captured by the Rebel Army and taken prisoner. Nashville did not return home after the war. The packet of information I received from the National Archives offered no clues as to his demise. Nashville Coatney, (Cortnay) and Albert Meranda (Miranda) were in "D" Co 13th Indiana Infantry both enlisted on 6/19/1861 as Privates both enlisted in Jefferson Co IN. The 13th Infantry was at Chester Station VA on 5/10/64. There were 8 killed, 7 wounded, 19 captured by the Rebel Army, and 1 missing at Chester Station, Virginia. Nashville Cortnay was not listed among them." ******** Sources: U.S. National Park Service U.S. Library of Congress at: http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va050.html "Swift Creek Arrowfield Church Civil War in Virginia American Civil War May 9, 1864 On May 9, Major General Benjamin Butler made a thrust toward Petersburg and was met by Bushrod Johnson's Division at Swift Creek. A premature Confederate attack at Arrowfield Church was driven back with heavy losses, but Union forces did not follow up. After skirmishing, Butler seemed content to tear up the railroad tracks and did not press the defenders. In conjunction with the advance to Swift Creek, five Federal gunboats steamed up the Appomattox River to bombard Fort Clifton, while Hincks's U.S. Colored Troops infantry division struggled through marshy ground from the land side. The gunboats were quickly driven off, and the infantry attack was abandoned. Result(s): Inconclusive Location: Chesterfield County Campaign: Bermuda Hundred Campaign (May-June 1864) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign Date(s): May 9, 1864 Principal Commanders: Major General Benjamin Butler [US]; General P.G.T. Beauregard Forces Engaged: Divisions Estimated Casualties: 990 total" ******** Source: http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/cwdb.object.details.aspx?handle=person&id=102041972 Copyright © 2008 by Alexander Street Press, LLC American Civil War Research Database™. Copyright 1997-2008 Historical Data Systems, Inc. The American Civil War Research Database: Nashville Courtnay (Union) Enlistment: - Residing in Jefferson County, IN at time of enlistment - Enlisted on Jun 19 1861 as Private Mustering information: - Enlisted into D Company, 13th Infantry (Indiana) on Jun 19 1861 - Mustered out from 13th Infantry (Indiana) on Jul 1 1864 Sources for the above information: - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, (Holloway, 1865-66) ********