★★★ Coleman, Thaddeus Charles

Thaddeus Charles Coleman​

Born: January 15, 1837

Birthplace: Weaverville, 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: Mary Elizabeth Sloan 1841 – 1926

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

Children:

Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter 1868 – 1959​

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

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Evelyn Kambach Coleman 1875 – 1927​

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

Education:

1856: Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

1856 – 1857: Mathematics Tutor University of North Carolina​

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Civil Engineer for the Western North Carolina Railroad​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Of Company C, 10th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served with the Confederate Engineers in preparing defenses​

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Lt. Colonel of 58th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Served on Daniel Harvey Hill's Staff at Chickamauga​

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Colonel of 58th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1865: Led one of the Charges during the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:

Assistant Engineer of Charleston, Cleveland, and Cincinnati Railroad​

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Assistant Engineer of Western North Carolina R.R. Blue Ridge Section​

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Chief Engineer of Spartanburg – Asheville Railroad Line​

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Writer of Poems​

Died: January 21, 1895

Place of Death: Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 58 years old

Burial Place: Coleman Family Cemetery, Weaverville, North Carolina

 

[Pollaco]

He was taught at college by Col. Stephen Lee. Coleman was on D.H, Hill's staff at Chickamauga.

 

[Pollaco]

His daughter Sarah married William Sydney Porter better known as O. Henry.

 

[Pollaco]

Under the pen name of "Winstanley" Coleman published a volume of poems, "The Land of the Sky".

 

[Luke Freet]

10th North Carolina was an artillery regiment (North Carolina had a system similar to Pennsylvania, where they'd get the regiment numbers for infantry, cavalry, and artillery all chronologically. For example, 9th North Carolina is 1st Cavalry.