Leroy Van Coney

[janevc]

Leroy Van Coney was my grandfather's uncle. He was killed in a skirmish near Lancaster, SC. I have found a thread about him on this site, and would like to find his burial site. I have a copy of the pension application made by his father, William. When I am approved to make comments on this site, I will comment on the appropriate thread.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Leroy Van Coney was my grandfather's uncle. He was killed in a skirmish near Lancaster, SC. I have found a thread about him on this site, and would like to find his burial site. I have a copy of the pension application made by his father, William. When I am approved to make comments on this site, I will comment on the appropriate thread.

Leroy VanConey

Residence was not listed; 21 years old.

Enlisted on 9/20/1864 as a Private.

On 9/20/1864 he mustered into "E" Co. OH 10th Cavalry
He was Killed on 2/28/1865 at Lancaster, SC


Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
- Roll of Honor of Ohio Soldiers

OHIO

TENTH CAVALRY

(Three Years)
Tenth Cavalry. -Cols., Charles C. Smith, Thomas W. Sander-
son; Lieut.-Cols., William E. Haynes, James D. Platt; Majs.,
Lyman C. Thayer, William S. Hickox, William Thayer, Abram F.
McCurdy, Nathaniel W. Filkins, David Stratton. This regiment
was organized at Camp Cleveland and Camp Chase, from Oct.,
1862, to July 25, 1863, to serve for three years. It left
early in the spring of 1863 for Nashville, Tenn., when it was
ordered to Murfreesboro, where it remained doing picket and
scout duty until the Army of the Cumberland opened the campaign
against Gen. Bragg, in which the regiment performed a vast
amount of marching and counter-marching. It was actively en-
gaged in all of Gen. Kilpatrick's movements during Sherman's
Atlanta campaign, after which the great march to the sea was
inaugurated, and on this march the regiment was frequently
engaged with the enemy. The following list of battles, in
which this regiment bore an honorable part, has been compiled,
after a careful research during the preparation of this work:
Chickamauga, Ga.; Cosby creek, Tenn.; Tunnel Hill, siege of At-
lanta, Jonesboro, Sweetwater, Bear Creek Station, Waynesboro,
Ga.; Aiken, S. C.; Monroe cross-roads and Averasboro, N. C.
The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865, at Lexington,
N. C., in accordance with orders from the war department.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

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Report of Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Sanderson, Tenth Ohio Cavalry.

A summary of operations of the Tenth Ohio Cavalry, Second Brigade,
Third Cavalry Division, from the 2d day of May, 1864, to the
8th day of September, 1864.

On the 2d day of May the regiment, with the division, stationed
at Ringgold, Ga., advanced on a reconnaissance in the direction of
Tunnel Hill, engaging the enemy along his lines in front of that
position, inflicting considerable punishment, and sustaining a small
loss in killed and wounded. On the 7th the regiment, with the division,
marched from Ringgold by way of Nickajack Gap, the duty
of the command consisting mainly in keeping open communication
between Maj.-Gen. McPherson's column on the right and that
of Maj.-Gen. Thomas, the center of the advancing army, until
the 10th of May, during which time the enemy's pickets and scouts
were occasionally met. On the 10th Snake Creek Gap was passed,
and the command halted in Sugar Valley. On the 12th, the division
advancing on the Resaca road, the regiment drove an outpost
guard of the enemy from the Calhoun road, which runs parallel to
the railroad and one mile and a half west of Resaca. This position
was held four and a half hours by the regiment against superior
numbers, when the command retired and bivouacked. On the 13th
an advance was made on the same position in the same manner, the
regiment driving the enemy, who resisted the advance more obstinately
than on the previous day. Early in the engagement Brig.-Gen.
Kilpatrick, commanding division, at the head of the
command, received a severe gunshot wound in the thigh. The position
was held until the command was relieved by a division of infantry
from the Sixteenth Army Corps. May 14, the business of
keeping open communications, scouting, &c., was resumed, and continued
until the 19th, when a point five miles south of Kingston was
reached. From this place the command returned to Adairsville, on
the railroad, for the purpose of guarding the line of communication
with the rear.

On the 7th of June the regiment moved to Gillem's Bridge, on the
Etowah River, four miles south of Kingston, and there remained
scouting, patrolling, &c., until July 3, when the command moved
to Cartersville. Here the regiment was engaged in scouting by
detachments, guarding communications &c., until August 3, when
the command started for the front, arriving at Sweet Water bridge
on the 6th. During the 11th and 12th the command reconnoitered
along the Chattahoochee River, in the direction of Campbellton, and
on the 14th moved across the river to Sandtown. During the 15th
and 16th a reconnaissance of the enemy's left flank was made. On
the 18th the command started with the object of operating on the
enemy's lines of communication. On the morning of the 19th the
enemy was encountered in considerable force at Red Oak Station, on
the West Point railroad. As the Second Brigade was passing this
point an attempt was made by the enemy to intersect the column,
and the Tenth Ohio, being the rear regiment, only succeeded in passing
after a sharp contest. At sunset of this day the command succeeded
in driving the enemy from Jonesborough, on the Atlanta and
Macon Railroad. On attempting to move southward from this
place, the Tenth Ohio in advance, the column came upon a strong
barricade hidden by the darkness, behind which the enemy lay in
strong force, and from which the advance was forced to recoil by
the murderous fire they received. A second attempt to pass the
point was made with the like result, and the loss of valuable men
killed and wounded. Failing to effect a passage here the command,
by a rapid movement in another direction, succeeded in reaching
the railroad at Lovejoy's Station. Here, however, before much had
been accomplished in destroying the track, an attack was made by
the enemy in heavy force, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
which succeeded in surrounding our position. A charge was
ordered, and succeeded so far as to drive the enemy from his artillery,
throw his cavalry into utter confusion, and enabled the command to
pass on its way with little loss and in perfect order. From here the
column moved by easy stages, by the way of Decatur, to the right of
our army, and thence to Sandtown, arriving August 23. On the
27th of August at 1.30 a. m., the Tenth Ohio Cavalry, with the
division, marched from Sandtown, Ga., prepared for an advance
upon the enemy's lines. There being in the regiment, however, an
average of but twelve rounds of ammunition at the cross-roads, three
miles west of Camp Creek bridge, the command bivouacked. On
the morning of the 28th the march was again resumed, and the West
Point railroad crossed near Red Oak Station, the command halting
near this point. The regiment was posted on the right at
Church, and was immediately attacked by a force of dismounted
cavalry, estimated at 300, and two pieces of artillery. The skirmishing
continued four hours, when the command was relieved by
a division of the Sixteenth Army Corps, and bivouacked near the church.

On the 29th the cavalry was engaged in reconnoitering in the
direction of Fayetteville, returning for the night to the church,
where fifteen rounds of ammunition were received, the twelve
rounds with which they had started having been nearly expended
in the skirmish of the day previous. On the 30th the column advanced
toward Jonesborough. At ------- plantation the enemy
was encountered behind strong barricades, and, after a brief
engagement, was driven from his position. During this engagement
First Lieut. Henry H. Crooks was killed by a gunshot in the head
while in the discharge of his duty as aide-de-camp to Lieut.Col.
Jones, commanding brigade. During the ensuing night
the regiment picketed the junction of the Fayetteville and Jonesborough
roads, four miles west of the latter place. On the 31st,
having rejoined the command, an advance was made to Flint River
at ------- Ford. Here the Second Brigade and a part of the First
were thrown across the river, and barricades hastily constructed.
Scarcely had this been done when a large body of the enemy's infantry
(subsequently ascertained to be Cleburne's division), with a
battery of artillery, furiously assaulted the feeble works. After a
most determined resistance and the exhaustion of the ammunition the
command retired across the stream, the men of this regiment only
leaving the last barricade after the last cartridge had been fired,
some even remaining without ammunition to encourage those who
were more fortunate to hold the enemy in check until the main body
of our troops were over the stream. This retrograde movement
drew the enemy upon the lines of our infantry, by whom they were
at once engaged.

During the 1st day of September the regiment was engaged in
guarding approaches on the extreme right of the army. On the 2d
the command moved to a point southwest of Lovejoy's Station.
From this date to the 8th no incident worthy of note occurred to the
regiment, except that on the 6th, on the road from Jonesborough
to Red Oak Station, a body of the enemy's mounted scouts, numbering
about 100, was encountered, who, however, offered but slight
resistance to the progress of the column.

THOS. W. SANDERSON,
Lieut.-Col., Comdg. Tenth Ohio Vol. Cavalry.


Source: Official Records
PAGE 886-73 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. [CHAP. L.
[Series I. Vol. 38. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 73.]

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Report of Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Sanderson, Tenth Ohio Cavalry.

HDQRS. TENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY,
King's Bridge, near Savannah, Ga., December 22, 1864.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations
of the Tenth Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, under my command,
from the time of leaving Marietta, Ga., until the arrival of the Third
Cavalry Division at this place:

On the 16th day of November, Wheeler's command having been
encountered at Bear Creek Station, the Tenth Ohio was ordered to the
advance, and directed to drive the enemy two miles upon a road leading
to the right. In attempting to do so two brigades of rebel cavalry were
encountered strongly posted on a ridge behind barricades. Two
squadrons of the regiment were dismounted on the enemy's left flank to
engage their attention while his right was being turned by a saber
charge, which was done in gallant style, under the command of Maj.
Filkins, in command of one battalion of the regiment. The enemy were
driven at all points from their barricades and closely pursued for more
than a mile. No other troops assisted in this action. Twenty prisoners,
including 3 commissioned officers, were captured. The loss of the
enemy was not ascertained. The regiment lost 4 killed, 7 wounded, and
4 captured. It is but just that I should call attention to the heroic conduct
of Sergt. Henry Shrieves, of Company C, who led his company, being
several rods in front of them, in the saber charge, inciting the men by
his example to deeds of valor until he fell wounded by a ball through the
thigh. The complete success of the charge, against more than four times
the number of those who made it, the assailed at the same time protected
by barricades, was in a great measure attributable to his gallantry.

The regiment was not engaged again until the arrival of the command
at Macon on the 29th day of November, when, during the progress of
the demonstration made by Gen. Kilpatrick upon that place, the
regiment was ordered to make a saber charge along the Clinton and
Macon road, from which the enemy were then firing. The distance to
reach the guns was something over half a mile along a road through
deep woods which concealed the enemy's guns and their works. The
regiment (except one battalion, detached), in pursuance of orders,
charged along the road, reached the enemy's guns, which were in a
redoubt, completely blocking the road, there being only room for two
horses to enter of the redoubt were long lines of breast-works and rifle
pits filled with infantry. On the left of the road there was also a battery
commanding the road and the point where the road crossed a small but
deep creek, being and point from which the regiment started on the
charge. Notwithstanding all these obstacles the regiment charged into the
redoubt and for a moment had complete possession of it, and could, if
the men had possessed the means, have spiked the guns. As the head of
the column entered the redoubt the first line of the enemy's infantry
(apparently militia) seemed to be stampeded and panic-stricken and were
rapidly falling back. The second line, however, were seen advancing to
gain a position behind the works abandoned by the militia. An infantry
line was also seen advancing from the woods on the left of the road, and
seeing that the guns could not be removed, and that there was barely
time to withdraw the regiment before the rebel infantry would be upon
us, I ordered the column to retire. This was done in good order, under
fire from the enemy's guns. The loss of the regiment in this charge was
seven wounded. It is with pleasure I call the attention of the colonel
commanding to the heroic conduct and bearing of Capt. J. H.
Hafford, of Company M, commanding Companies C and M. His
squadron was in the advance and its head. He was the first man to enter
the fort, where his force was shot under him, and falling upon him he
could not extricate himself in time to prevent his capture. He is now in
the hands of the enemy.

In the next action of note in which the division was engaged, at
Reynolds, on the 28th of November, the Tenth being sent to the right
flank of the line, which the enemy did not attack, was not attack, was
not specially engaged, and nothing more of note occurred until the
engagement at Waynesborough, on the 4th of December. On the
morning of that day, when the command moved from bivouac at
Thomas's Station to attack Wheeler's command near Waynesborough,
the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry moved in the advance, under orders
from the colonel commanding brigade, that as an opportunity occurred,
to charge with the saber. A skirmish line was thrown out from the
regiment, which drove the skirmish line of the enemy for more than a
mile back in the direction of Waynesborough, upon their main line,
strongly posted behind barricades, dismounted. As soon as this line was
developed the regiment was arranged for a charge by battalions. The
First Battalion, commanded by Capt. S. E. Norton, was directed to
move down the railroad on the enemy's left flank; the Second, Maj.
Platt, to move to the left so as to turn the barricades on the enemy's
right; and the Third Maj. Filkins, was ordered to move straight on to
the barricades; all to charge with the saber at a given signal. At the
same time the Ninety-second Illinois (dismounted) moved in line of
battle toward the rebel line. As soon as that regiment got within range,
I ordered the charge, which was made in splendid style, the barricades
carried, and the whole rebel line
stampeded. The regiment captured over 70 prisoners. I have not been
able to learn their loss in killed and wounded. In this action the regiment
lost 4 killed and 7 wounded. Among the wounded was Capt. S. E.
Norton, commanding the First Battalion, whose wound proved mortal.
His loss to the regiment is irreparable. For faithfulness in the discharge
of all his duties as an officer, and bravery upon the battlefield, exhibited
on every occasion when an opportunity presented, could not be
surpassed. The brilliant victory of the day was dearly purchased in his
loss to the army and the country.

The total loss of the regiment since leaving Marietta, Ga., November
14, 1864, is as follows: Officers-wounded, 4 (1 mortally); captured, 2.
Enlisted men--killed, 7; wounded, 22; missing, 13.

During the campaign the regiment captured 229 horses and mules.
There were 180 of these killed in action and abandoned.

The undersigned, as commanding officer of the regiments, is fully
satisfied with the bravery and gallantry of the officers and men of his
command during the campaign, and only hopes that they have met the
expectations of the colonel commanding brigade in the faithful discharge
of their duties of officers and soldiers, and in their conduct upon the
battle-field in one of the most successful and glorious campaigns of the
war.

I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

THOS. W. SANDERSON,
Lieut.-Col., Cmdg. Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.

Capt. H. J. SMITH,
Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Brig., Third Cavalry Div.


Source: Official Records
CHAP. LVI.] THE SAVANNAH CAMPAIGN. PAGE 403-92
[Series I. Vol. 44. Serial No. 92.]

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Report of Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Sanderson, Tenth Ohio Cavalry,
of operations January 28-March 24.

HDQRS. TENTH OHIO CAVALRY.
In the Field, April 1, 1865.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations
of this regiment since the 28th day of January, 1865:

The regiment made the march from Savannah through the Carolinas with
the brigade to which it is attached, and during the campaign was
only twice specially engaged with the enemy, to wit, at Aiken, on the
11th day of February, 1865, when the Second Brigade moved to Aiken
and encountered the enemy in force. In covering the movements of other
regiments in retiring the regiment lost as follows: Killed, 2; wounded,
4; missing, 10; total 16. Again, in the engagement of the 4th of March
the regiment lost: Killed, 1; wounded, 1; missing, 1; total 3. During the
whole campaign the regiment lost: Killed, 4; wounded, 10; captured,
11; missing, 23; total, 48.

There were captured by the regiment 98 horses and 27 mules.

Very respectfully submitted.

THOS. W. SANDERSON.
Lieut.-Col., Cmdg. Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.

Capt. H. J. SMITH.
Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Brigade, Third Cavalry Division.


Source: Official Records
CHAP. LIX.] THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS. PAGE 890-98
[Series I. Vol. 47. Part I, Reports. Serial No. 98.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Leroy Van Coney was my grandfather's uncle. He was killed in a skirmish near Lancaster, SC. I have found a thread about him on this site, and would like to find his burial site. I have a copy of the pension application made by his father, William. When I am approved to make comments on this site, I will comment on the appropriate thread.

You might start here : http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/trave...outh_Carolina/Beaufort_National_Cemetery.html

I recently helped someone else find out their 10th Ohio Cavalry ancestor was buried here.

 

[5fish]

It sounds like he was buried at the scene of the skirmish.....

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jganis/unionco/SkirmishNearLancaster1865.html


Here is a the thread you mention with a picture and news paper story about land owner wanting Van Coney grave moved....near the end of the thread....

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/soldier-killed-in-union-co-nc.71115/page-2

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Leroy Van Coney was my grandfather's uncle. He was killed in a skirmish near Lancaster, SC. I have found a thread about him on this site, and would like to find his burial site. I have a copy of the pension application made by his father, William. When I am approved to make comments on this site, I will comment on the appropriate thread.

Welcome aboard the forum. I answered a couple of the questions you left on the thread discussing Leroy Van Coney's burial place. Don't hesitate to ask more questions regarding PVT Van Coney or anything else on the Civil War.