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)
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
Civil Engineer for the Western North Carolina Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Of Company C, 10th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Served with the Confederate Engineers in preparing defenses
Lt. Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Served on Daniel Harvey Hill's Staff at Chickamauga
Colonel of 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1865: Led one of the Charges during the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Assistant Engineer of Charleston, Cleveland, and Cincinnati Railroad
Assistant Engineer of Western North Carolina R.R. Blue Ridge Section
Chief Engineer of Spartanburg – Asheville Railroad Line
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
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