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JEFFCOATS IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Jeffcoats give account of themselves in the Civil War of 1861 - 1865. On the Memorial Monument erected at Lexington Courthouse to the Civil Ward dead are three Jeffcoats - A. Jeffcoat, B. Jeffcoat, and B. L. Jeffcoat. Ben Jeffcoat is recorded with those at Orangeburg Courthouse. This Ben is Benjamin J. P. Jeffcoat who was killed by the Confederates when he tried to enter Charleston Harbor in a boat he borrowed from the Union, after having escaped from a Yankee prison. He was brought back to Ebenezer for burial. List of those who fought:
IN LEXINGTON COUNTY: Pvt. Daniel W. Jeffcoat 22nd Regiment Pvt. Nathan V. Jeffcoat 20th Regiment, Co. D. Edisto Rifles Pvt. Rufus Jeffcoat Palmetto Sharp Shooters Pvt. Samuel Jeffcoat 7th Regt. Co. D, Age 22, Cavalry Pvt. Samuel W. Jeffcoat 1st Haygoods Regt, Co. B. Pvt. Vandy V. R. Jeffcoat Palmetto Sharp Shooters Pvt. William Jeffcoat 2nd Regt., Co. A Pvt. William Jeffcoat 3rd Regt., Co D. Trans to 16th Regt. S.C. VCSPH Pvt. Miles Jeffcoat 3rd Regt., Co D. Trans to S.C. VCSPH Pvt. D. D. Jeffcoat Co. B, S.C. Inf. Pvt. Daniel Jeffcoat Co. I, S.C. Inf. Pvt. Jacob Jeffcoat Co. G, 2nd Bttn, S.C. State Troops Pvt. A. Jeffcoat 20th S.C. Infantry Pvt. A. D. Jeffcoat 15th S.C. Infantry Pvt. B. L. Jeffcoat 20th S.C. Infantry Pvt. V. W. Jeffcoat Co. D, 2nd S.C. Infantry Pvt. P. Jeffcoat Co. D., 2nd S.C. Infantry Cpl. Westly Jeffcoat 2nd Regt, Co. K Haygoods S.C. Infantry Sgt. J. A. Jeffcoat Edisto Rifles Lt. Needam P. Jeffcoat 20th Regt, Edisto Rifles
IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY: Pvt. Benjamin J. P. Jeffcoat 7th Regt, Co. D - captured and imprisoned at Elmira, N.Y. Pvt. Calvin A. Jeffcoat 20th Regt. Co. D. Pvt. Daniel Jeffcoat 6th Regt., Co. D - captured Pvt, Edward D. A. Jeffcoat 20th Regt. Pvt Henery E. Jeffcoat 1st Haygoods Regt, Co. B Pvt. John J. Jeffcoat 20th Regt., Co. D., S.C. Infantry Pvt. J. W. Jeffcoat 20th Regt, Co. D., S.C. Inf. Sgt. Joel Jeffcoat 20th Regt., Co. D., S.C. Inf. Pvt. Paul D. Jeffcoat 20th Regt., Co. D., S.C. Inf.
IN ALABAMA: Pvt. Samuel F. Jeffcoat Co. D, Hillards Leg. Ala. Volun. Pvt. D. W. Jeffcoat Co. D, 3rd Battalion, Hillards Volun. Pvt. Samuel M. Jeffcoat Co. A, 4th Battalion, Hillards Volun. Pvt. Elijah A. Jeffcoat Co. D, 4th Battalion, Hillards Volun. Pvt. Elijah Gains Jeffcoat Co. D, 4th Battalion, Hillards Volun. Pvt. Elijah H. Jeffcoat Co. A, 4th Battalion, Hillards Volun. Pvt. George U. R. Jeffcoat Co. A, 4th Battalion, Hillards Volun. Sgt. G. U. R. Jeffcoat Co. H, 59th Ala. Infantry Pvt. James Jeffcoat Co. I, 22nd Ala. Infantry Pvt. James J. Jeffcoat Co. A, 4th Battalion Hillards Leg, Ala. Art. Pvt. J. J. Jeffcoat Co. H, Ala, Infantry Pvt. John Jeffcoat Co. D, 4th Battalion Hillard Leg. Ala. Art. Pvt. Claiborne Jeffcoat Co. I, 22nd Ala. Infantry Pvt. J. P. Jeffcoat Co. H, Ala. Infantry Pvt. Daniel C. Jeffcoat Co. K, Ala. Infantry
IN GEORGIA: Pvt. James Jeffcoat Co. K, Georgia Infantry Pvt. John Jeffcoat Co. F, 12th Battalion, Ga. Lgt. Artillery
IN FLORIDA: Pvt. M. A. Jeffcoat Captured, Dukes Co., Fla., Lgt. Art.
IN MISSISSIPPI: Pvt. A. M. Jeffcoat Co. A, Missisippi Cavalry
There was also Reuben Jeffcoat, grandson of Samuel, Jr., who enlisted in the Creek War of 1836; several Jeffcoats served in the Spanish American War, and more than we can mention in WWI and II, Korean Conflict, and Viet Nam.
*Taken from the book, "Seeds of Jacob", by Dee S. Jeffcoat |
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