Memorial - NOT BURIED HERE
Peter was killed in the Battle of Vicksburg, as was his brother. Remains not found/identified.

Son of William D. Coale and Rhoda Smiley.

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Peter W Coale
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Missouri
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Missouri 5th Infantry Regiment.
Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Peter W. Coale
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Missouri
Regiment Name: 5th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
Company: G
Rank In: Corporal
Film Number: M380 roll 3

From homepage of Vicksburg National Military Park:
"The Confederate soldiers who were killed or died of disease during the siege of Vicksburg were, by necessity, buried behind Southern lines. Mr. J.Q. Arnold, a local undertaker under contract with the Confederate government to bury soldiers, selected Cedar Hill (Vicksburg City) Cemetery as the final resting place for those who died in the defense of Vicksburg. As these men did not meet the criteria established by Congress for burial in a national cemetery, their remains were not disinterred, and remain today in the Soldiers' Rest section of Cedar Hill Cemetery, where their graves are lovingly maintained by the United Daughters of the Confederacy."

Neither Peter nor his brother (as Coale, Cole or Coal) are named as interments in Cedar Hill Cemetery per "Compiled as "Confederate Roll of Honor: Known Confederate Dead, Vicksburg Campaign, January 1862-July 1863," by Gary W. Webster (1998)". It is assumed that they, along with thousands, were buried where they fell.

1850 Moniteau MO: COLE Peter/21 is in home of parents. However, he may also have been part of the Henry Co. '49ers as there is a Peter W. Cole/21/MO in Calaveras CA., census taken Sep 11 1850, possibly this Peter.

1860 COLE Peter W/31 in househole with brother and family, Isaac T/33, Elgina/25 ane Lezoan/8M.