Biography of Anson S. Coval, Vol. II, page 580 / 581.  Presidents, Soldiers, 
Statesmen; H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, New York, Toledo, and Chicago, 1894.

Anson S.  Coval

Was teaching school in Noble county, Ind., when at the age of 18, he 
enlisted at Fort Wayne, Aug. 29, 1861, as a private in Co. C, 30th Ind., V. 
I. Under Gen. Buell; he received two promotions, to the rank of corporal and 
to sergeant.  At the battle of Shiloh, in Apri8l, 1862, he was wounded by a 
spent ball, and again in December, at the battled of Stone River, he was 
shot in the leg; he was taken to the hospital at Nashville, for the last 
wound, and from there to Cincinnati, where he remained five months.  From 
here he was furloughed for thirty days, at the expiration of the time he 
reported at Indianapolis, in July; he was discharged from his first 
enlistment at Cincinnati, and re-enlisted at Indianapolis He was often sent 
on foraging expeditions, and several times did picket duty.  His battle list 
includes Corinth, Pittsburg Landing, Stone River and number of minor 
engagements; his honorable discharge was granted him at Indianapolis, 
Ind., in January, 1865.  He had two uncles in the service, Andrew Webb and 
Hiram Coval.  The former died at Nevin, Ky., of camp fever.  Mr. Coval was 
born Aug. 29, 1843, in Shiawassee Co., Mich.; he is the son of Lewis and 
Sarah (Webb) Coval.  Both parents are living at Garrett, Ind.  Sept. 7, 
1893, he was married at Fort Wayne, Ind., to Susan Hanslemon, born in the 
state of Pennsylvania. Her parents are both living.  Mr. Coval draws a 
pension, and his address is Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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