Coleman, Thomas S.

This collection includes a Confederate army pass to a T. Coleman, authorized by a lieutenant on 23 January 1863. With only one handwritten manuscript in this collection, it has not been possible to positively identify any name within this collection.

With only two organized Confederate forces in Mississippi on January 1863, the pass had to come from either Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry command or Joseph E. Johnston's emerging army around Jackson. It would not be possible for anyone to receive a pass from within John C. Pemberton's army in Vicksburg, since they were under siege at the time.

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