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Robert A. Coleman

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Robert A. Coleman

Birth
Death
21 Jul 1864
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
E 5981
Memorial ID
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Pvt Robert A. Coleman, Co G 16th Wisconsin.
Killed in action before Atlanta.

COLEMAN, R A
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/21/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION E SITE 5981
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7 Unknowns re-interred to National Cemetery. Graves originally numbered E-432 to E-438 [E-5973 to E-5979].

Notes from one who removed the bodies to the National Cemetery
200 yds S of the Spring on Spear's land. near the branch on the side of the hill in the open field. in a pit. numbered from the SE side of the pit: 16th Wisconsin: Gundlach, Stoddard, Lomison, E-432 Unknown to E-438 Unknown (supposed to be burials of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry exclusively), Thomas, Coleman.

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Looking into the death records for 21 July 1894, for the 16th Wisconsin and 12th Wisconsin, which were in the same brigade on 21 July and 22 July, I found the following:

Deaths reported in the book, Wisonsin Losses in the Civil War:
Killed in action 21 July 1864
16th Wisconsin
Purdie, Peter S, Corpl Co B
Coleman, Robert A, Pvt Co G, E 5981
Gundlach, Fredk., Pvt Co E, E 5970
Lomison, Hugh G, Pvt Co E, E 5972
Stoddard, Asa M, Pvt Co E, E 5971
Stilman, George, Pvt Co H
Thomas, Charles, Pvt Co G, E 5980
Welcome, Francis, Pvt Co H

Purdie has a find a grave memorial, although there is no stone picture, so it may be a cenotaph.
Pvt Robert A. Coleman, Co G 16th Wisconsin.
Killed in action before Atlanta.

COLEMAN, R A
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/21/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION E SITE 5981
-VA grave locator

7 Unknowns re-interred to National Cemetery. Graves originally numbered E-432 to E-438 [E-5973 to E-5979].

Notes from one who removed the bodies to the National Cemetery
200 yds S of the Spring on Spear's land. near the branch on the side of the hill in the open field. in a pit. numbered from the SE side of the pit: 16th Wisconsin: Gundlach, Stoddard, Lomison, E-432 Unknown to E-438 Unknown (supposed to be burials of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry exclusively), Thomas, Coleman.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking into the death records for 21 July 1894, for the 16th Wisconsin and 12th Wisconsin, which were in the same brigade on 21 July and 22 July, I found the following:

Deaths reported in the book, Wisonsin Losses in the Civil War:
Killed in action 21 July 1864
16th Wisconsin
Purdie, Peter S, Corpl Co B
Coleman, Robert A, Pvt Co G, E 5981
Gundlach, Fredk., Pvt Co E, E 5970
Lomison, Hugh G, Pvt Co E, E 5972
Stoddard, Asa M, Pvt Co E, E 5971
Stilman, George, Pvt Co H
Thomas, Charles, Pvt Co G, E 5980
Welcome, Francis, Pvt Co H

Purdie has a find a grave memorial, although there is no stone picture, so it may be a cenotaph.

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Aug 3, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28754394/robert_a-coleman: accessed ), memorial page for Robert A. Coleman (unknown–21 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28754394, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).