Asa Harmon McCoy
Asa Harmon McCoy was an American slave owner and union soldier.
Early life
McCoy managed to get out of poverty by marrying Patty Cline. Patty was the daughter of the valley's largest landowners, Jacob Cline. McCoy would move to Peter creek and inherit a farmer from Jacob Cline.[1]
Service in American civil war
Asa’s military record is inconsistent.[2]
On February 12, 1862 McCoy enlisted as a private in Captain Cline’s company of Kentucky Home Guards. Just like his many of his neighbors in Peter Creek McCoy fought for the Union. Four days after his enlistment McCoy was wounded near Sandy River, tradition states that Devil Anse was the one to shoot him.[3]
this is despite him being a slave owner.[4][5][6][improper synthesis?]
On December 24, 1864 McCoy was discharged at Catlettsburg.[2]
Death
According to one account, Jim Vance told McCoy that the Logan Wildcats would pay him a visit.[2]
Legacy
References
- ↑ Waller 2012, p. 59.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rice 1982, p. 13.
- ↑ Robertson & Davis 2009, p. 58.
- ↑ King 2012, p. 24, 353.
- ↑ Waller 2012, p. 30.
- ↑ Rice 1982, p. 12-14.
Bibliography
Rice, Otis K. (December 31, 1982). The Hatfields and the McCoys. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813114590. Search this book on 
Waller, Altina L. (2012). Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860–1900. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469609713. Search this book on
Robertson, James I; Davis, William C (2009). Virginia at War, 1863. Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. ISBN 9780813125107. Search this book on
King, Dean (May 14, 2013). The Feud:The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316224789. Search this book on
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