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PVT Lafayette Cogburn

Birth	:	1845 Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	12 Jun 1864 Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Oakland Cemetery, Louisa, Louisa County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.0285988, -78.0119019
Plot	:	Confederate Soldier Section
Description	:	Lafayette Cogburn, eldest son of John and Emmeline [née Holstein] Cogburn, was born in the bounds of Saluda in Edgefield County, South Carolina. His parents were both from original settler families of the area. His father was a prominent businessman and planter. In April 1861, when South Carolina succeeded from the Union, young Lafayette enlisted as a Private in Co.B, 6th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry, a.k.a. Aiken's Partisan Rangers, under the command of Colonel Hugh K. Aiken. During the Battle of Trevilian Station in Louisa County, Virginia, Pvt. Lafayette Cogburn was killed in action on June 12th 1864. His body along... Read More	Lafayette Cogburn, eldest son of John and Emmeline [née Holstein] Cogburn, was born in the bounds of Saluda in Edgefield County, South Carolina. His parents were both from original settler families of the area. His father was a prominent businessman and planter. In April 1861, when South Carolina succeeded from the Union, young Lafayette enlisted as a Private in Co.B, 6th Regiment South Carolina Cavalry, a.k.a. Aiken's Partisan Rangers, under the command of Colonel Hugh K. Aiken. During the Battle of Trevilian Station in Louisa County, Virginia, Pvt. Lafayette Cogburn was killed in action on June 12th 1864. His body along with other 'brethren in arms" were buried in unmarked graves in Oakland Cemetery ▬ beneath small, rectangular stone markers, rest as many as 60 Confederate dead from the Battle of Trevilian Station. Most of them were never identified. Note: ═══════════════ Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton’s victory over Gen. Philip H. Sheridan at Trevilian Station on June 11–12, 1864, prevented Sheridan from joining Gen. David Hunter and destroying the Virginia Central Railroad at Charlottesville. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia then used the railroad to reach Lynchburg in time to repulse Hunter on July 17–18. Trevilian Station was the largest all-cavalry battle of the Civil War. "The Battle of Trevilians," wrote Hampton’s chief of artillery, was important "because, if lost, General [Robert E.] Lee and his whole army would have been without supplies. Trevilians was so important to General Lee that he was enabled thereby to stay in Petersburg for nearly a year longer.” Both sides suffered heavy losses. Of Sheridan’s force of 9,300 cavalrymen and 300 horse artillerists, 95 were killed, 445 wounded, and 410 missing, for a total of 955, or more than 10% of his total force. Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee lost 813 men out of 6,000 cavalrymen and 400 horse artillerists engaged for a casualty rate of more than 12%. Sheridan withdrew eastward and rejoined the Army of the Potomac on June 18, 1864. Hampton and his command followed, slowed by the exhaustion of his men and horses and the lack of supplies. Lafayette's mother re-married, Thomas D. Villard, after his father died. ~ GMG

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PVT Lafayette Cogburn's memorial is located at: Oakland Cemetery, Louisa, Louisa County, USA.
When did PVT Lafayette Cogburn death?
PVT Lafayette Cogburn death on 12 Jun 1864 in Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.0285988
Longitude: -78.0119019

Family Members:

Parent

Emeline Holstein Villard

(1828 - 1896)

Siblings

Myra Victoria Cogburn Perry

(1848 - 1896)

Moses Holstein Cogburn

(1850 - 1926)

Stanmore Cogburn

(1854 - 1899)

Sallie Hammond Cogburn

(1854 - 1866)

(1859 - 1911)

(1863 - 1930)

(1865 - 1884)

(1868 - 1934)

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17. Danne Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.0521812, -78.0781784

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Coordinate: 38.0601454, -78.0752374

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