Suspect he was re-interred by family members from his original burial on the Jersey shore.
Harry Warfield Coleman
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 11/11/1861 at Centreville, VA as a Private.
On 11/11/1861 he transferred into VA Louisa "Morris" Light Artillery
He was discharged on 1/7/1862 at Centreville, VA
(Transferred from a MS Co.)
On 4/15/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. LA Miles' Legion
He died of disease on 5/20/1865 at Fort Delaware, DE
(Estimated day of enrollment; Died of inflamation of
the lungs.)
He was listed as:
* Paroled New Orleans, LA (date not stated) (Held as POW there instead)
* POW 7/9/1863 Port Hudson, LA
* Confined 10/10/1863 Fort Columbus, NY
* Confined 10/13/1863 Johnson's Island, OH
* Confined 3/21/1865 Point Lookout, MD
* Confined 4/28/1865 Fort Delaware, DE
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut (As of Co. H, Miles' Legion)
* 2nd Lieut 4/15/1862 (Estimated day of promotion, as of Miles' Legion)
Other Information:
born 11/8/1846 in Vicksburg, MS
died 5/20/1865 in Fort Delaware, DE
Buried: Princeton, NJ (family grave)
(Brother of Charles L. Coleman)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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Henry W. Coleman, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, Miles Legion, Louisiana Volunteers, entered Confederate service April, 1862, promoted 1st Lieutenant June, 1862, captured July 9, 1863, at Port Hudson, released on parole July 10, 1863, POW sent from Port Hudson, La. to New Orleans on Steamer Zephyr, July 13, 1863, released on parole, confined at Custom House, New Orleans, La. July 15, transferred October 3 to New York, received at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor October 10, forwarded October 13, 1863 to Johnson's Island, Ohio prison camp, forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp March 21, 1865 for exchange, received at Fort Delaware, Del. prison camp April 25, 1865, died May 21, 1865, Inflammation of Lungs, buried on Jersey Shore
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana