

Wayne County, KY
Civil War Rosters

Company H, 6th Reg. Cav.
[Source: "A Century of Wayne County
Kentucky" - transcribed by Frances Cooley]
Company H was organized
with Captain Shelby Coffey, First Lieutenant Lewis Coffey, First Sergeant Mike Saufley, a gallant, fearless young
Confederate. In the rolls of Confederate soldiers published by the State Adjutant is this note:
"Co. H. 6th Reg.
Cav. known as Co. G.
The Old Roster calls this Co. ‘H’
The rolls on file are marked ‘B’
The correct letter is ‘H’
(Signed) M. C. Saufley, 1st Lieut."
Company G was partly organized in Wayne.
It was in the Battle of Fishing Creek. It was first commanded by Shelby Coffey, who died of wounds received in
Clinton County. It was reorganized at Burnsville, Mississippi, with N. B. Stone as captain. It was
in the Battle of Shiloh. Captain Stone resigned and was succeeded by B. E. Roberts. It was in the Battle
of Murfreesboro.
The roster follows:
Capt. B. E. Roberts
1st Lieut. Lewis Coffey
2nd Lieut. Samuel Cowan
1st Sergeant Mike Saufley
Privates
John Coffey
James Coffey
Andrew Coffey
Seaborn Crutchfield
John Copenhaven
James Conley
F. Cowan (M.D.)
Charles Conley
Martin Colyer
John Dawes
Constantine Durham
Henry Ferguson
Jesse Flinn
William Fritz
William Gresham
James E. Gramar
James Gabbert
R. H. Philpott
Thomas Oatts
Thomas Sheppard
Robert Belshe
Green Gresham
Nat Gaither
Andrew Hays
William Hunter
Woods Hines
William Hutchens
James Hughes
Arch Hatchett
James Hardwick
Marshall Stone
James Carrigan
Curtis Hunt
Wesley Johnson
Alben S. Jones
Frisbie Mercer
James Pratt
John Silvers
T. J. Silvers
William Smith
Bryan Stone
John Wray
William Weaver
Samuel Blackwell
N. B. Johnson
Samuel Barnett
John R. Caldwell
William Grizzard
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