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F.J. Coleman
"Frank"
(1835 - 1904)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 9th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 24 year old farmer at Mannington, Butler County, AL. He enlisted at Greenville, AL on 1 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 9th Alabama Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was wounded by a gunshot in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in Richmond, VA by 29 September, admitted to the Camp Winder Hospital there on 16 October, and returned to duty on 4 November 1862. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.
After the War
In 1900 he was a farmer at Mannington, AL.
References & notes
His service from the State of Alabama1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 & 1900. His memorial is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph contributed by Jack Paulk; thanks to Greyson Beardsley for the pointer to that.
He married Avia Waters (1851-1926) in September 1876 and they had 5 children.
Birth
02/07/1835; Butler County, AL
Death
02/17/1904; Falkville, AL; burial in Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Falkville, AL
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /research/CivilWarSoldier.aspx?id=37450 [AotW citation 33811]
2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 33812]