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Jeff Harmon has given me permission to post the following transcribed information from the "CHRONICAL". The Chronicle was a weekly Republican newspaper published in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana. To see the entire index please go to the following URL. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tashpage/ Don Coatney
Obituary and Death Notice Index to THE CHRONICLE
1880-1929
Last Name; First Name; Middle Name; Prefix or Other Name; Maiden Name; Age; Publication Date; Page; Column; Death or Other Location; Burial Location or Cemetery; Notes
COATNEY,,,Mrs. Geo.,,,9/15/1887,3,4,Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana,,
COATNEY,,,Mrs. William F.,,,1/17/1884,3,3,Hazleburgh,,
COATNEY,Ben,H.,Mr.,,60y,10/14/1925,4,2,Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana,Zoah,
COATNEY,Charles,A.,Son of Mr. Benjamin,,26y,6/11/1913,1,2,Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana,Zoah,
COATNEY,Duzan,,Son of Mr. Wm. F.,,24y,11/28/1889,3,2,near Austin,,
COATNEY,Ethel,,Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George,,18y,4/24/1902,4,5,Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana,Zoah,See also Page 1 Column 2 and Page 4 Column 4
COATNEY,George,F.,Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H.,,22y,6/14/1922,1,6,Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana,Scott County,See also Page 4 Column 1
The following transcribed letter was sent from Lt. C. P. Davis of the Indiana 66th Volunteers to George Washington Coatney my G Grandfather. Don Coatney
Unknown Date
SIXTY-SIXTH INDIANA REGIMENT
Hd. Qrs. Co. F 66th Ind.
Pulaski, Tenn.
Friend George:
I with gratitude and respect- again resume my seat to address you.
I hope you will pardon my long delay in writing for the shifting scenes of war, the mutiplecity of Gen. Orders, the requirements of Red tape are at least good reasons why I have not written sooner, but I can give you the fullest assurance that my regard and respect for you has been as fervent as if I had been writing every day. There is one noble trait in your character not to refer to others which I greatly admire and which will ever claim for you an abiding place in my affections and that is your adhesion to true honesty.
There is no man who is able to approach you and accuse you of deceiving him through the instrumentality of a hypocritical religion. O: how few can claim to be guided by an enlightened Christianity but what such charges can be legitimally applied. George the old proverb "The longer a man lives the more he learns."
This is a fertile region the fields and and hills presenting the appearance of the fair fields of Indiana.
There are plenty of hogs and cattle here and not frequently you meet negroes who are all most white. I was never in a country so poluted in amalgamation as this
There are not a few who are now held in abject slavery who are no as white as common people. I saw a little girl in town last week whom I took to be the master's own child but was told she was his slave. This case and many others which I have witnessed has caused my moral faculties to exclaim to Hell with such a system of slavery.
I have no important news to chronicle from this point. The news from Grant and Burnsides is highly interesting. The Rebellion is fast playing out. I see that Colfus is elected speaker Congress fully organized and we may hear of that boddy doing something in the way of peace.
Well George as I have no doubt wearyed yours patience by my hasty written letter. I will close hoping to hear from you soon. My health is very good. The boys are well.
Respectfully yours
Lt. C. P. Davis