John Calhoun Coleman

At the 1860 US Census he was listed as a 13 (probably 15) year old living with his parents and 3 brothers on their substantial farm at Swaynsboro (Swainsboro) in Emanuel County, GA; there were three other Coleman farm families nearby. He mustered as First Corporal of Company H, 48th Georgia Infantry on 4 March 1862 and was appointed 4th Sergeant in June 1862.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was home in Georgia on wounded furlough from 27 September to 12 October 1862. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant in February 1863 and 2nd Sergeant in May. He was captured at Manassas Gap, VA on 23 July 1863 and held at Point Lookout, MD. He was in the hospital there from 23 November to 12 January 1864 with lymphadenitis, left thigh, and then transferred to Elmira, NY on 16 August 1864. He was sent to James River, VA for exchange on 25 February 1865 with no later military record.

By 1880 and to at least 1900 he was a general merchant in Swainsboro. He had retired there by 1920.

His service from the Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Martha Sarah "Mattie" Moring (1858-1926) in May 1873 and they had two daughters.

His brother Mathew and 7 other Colemans were in Company H; Mathew was killed at Sharpsburg.

10/28/1844; Emanuel County, GA

01/01/1923; Swainsboro, GA; burial in Swainsboro Early Settlers Cemetery, Swainsboro, GA