Sergeant Curtis Coleman, Co. D

CURTIS COLEMAN, Sergeant, Co. D

ENROLLED: 10 Sept., 1862, Pike Co., KY; mustered in at Peach Orchard, KY, 18 November, 1862.

MILITARY DATA: May and June, 1864, on detached service; August, ‘64, with a detachment on a scout in Johnson Co., KY; small pox during winter of '64/'65, at Louisa, resulting in poor eyesight, disfiguring of face, weakness of lungs. Wounded by gunshot from ambush on march from Mt. Sterling, Fall, ’64, in Magoffin Co., KY.

MUSTERED OUT: 15 Sept., 1865, Louisville, KY.

FAMILY HISTORY: Born 1841 in VA; Wife: Clara/Clarissa Charles Davis (widow of Adam Davis); married Nov., 1864, at Louisa, KY; Children - Sherman, Sheridan, Adam, Julia Ann, Melvina

RESIDENCE: After the war near Avondale, McDowell Co., W. VA (three miles from Wyoming Court House on Korel Fork).

DEATH: 30 June, 1908, at home, buried near Avondale, W. VA.

Submitted by Julie Lindquist




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