★★★ Coleman, Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry Coleman​

Born: October 8, 1835

Birthplace: Buncombe County, North Carolina

Father: William Coleman 1785 – 1874

(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)​

Mother: Ann Evelyn Baird 1804 – 1886

(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)​

Wife: Victoria Rice 1838 – 1919

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)​

Children:

William Coleman 1875 – 1924​

(Buried: Rosemount Cemetery, Union, South Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer and Clerk in Buncombe County, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private of Company E 1st​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Captain & Assistant Commissary 60th​ North Carolina Inf.​

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1863 – 1865: Major Commissary of Subsistence District of Western, North Carolina​

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1865: Colonel of 7th​ North Carolina Cavalry Regiment​

Occupation after War:

Civil Engineer building mills​

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Member of the board of Trustees of Weaverville College​

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Farmer in Union County, South Carolina​

Died: May 27, 1898

Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina

 

[Pollaco]

I see where he served on General Iverson's staff

 

[Luke Freet]

Robert Lowry Coleman​

Born: October 8, 1835View attachment 353840

Birthplace: Buncombe County, North Carolina

Father: William Coleman 1785 – 1874

(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)​

Mother: Ann Evelyn Baird 1804 – 1886

(Buried: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina)​

Wife: Victoria Rice 1838 – 1919

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina)​

Children:

William Coleman 1875 – 1924​

(Buried: Rosemount Cemetery, Union, South Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer and Clerk in Buncombe County, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:View attachment 353841

1861: Private of Company E 1st​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

​

1862 – 1863: Captain & Assistant Commissary 60th​ North Carolina Inf.​

​

1863 – 1865: Major Commissary of Subsistence District of Western, North Carolina​

​

1865: Colonel of 7th​ North Carolina Cavalry Regiment​

Occupation after War:

Civil Engineer building mills​

​

Member of the board of Trustees of Weaverville College​

​

Farmer in Union County, South Carolina​

Died: May 27, 1898

Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina

View attachment 353842​

7th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment...I believe that would be the 16th Battalion up in Richmond with Dearing and Roberts. Wonder if he joined the regiment before Appomattox.

 

[Grant's Tomb]

My parents and I were in Asheville, North Carolina back in the summer of 2003 and we stayed in a B&B in Weaverville that had been a hospital during the war to treat the wounded. Can't remember the name of it. Hope they're still in business

 

[John Wolf Smith]

Robert L. Coleman was the Colonel of the 8th North Carolina Cavalry or the 79th North Carolina Infantry, Col John T. Kennedy was the Colonel for the 7th North Carolina Cavalry or the 75th North Carolina Infantry.

 

[ErnieMac]

Obituary from the 28 May 1898 edition of the Asheville NC Citizen-Times.

 

[Pollaco]

His brother , David, was also a Confederate Colonel.Plus he was a cousin to Gov.Zebulon Vance.