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.

The closest match to either name is a Thomas S. Coleman in Company H, 32nd Georgia Infantry. This unit was in Jackson at the time, but there is no lieutenant on the roster with initials that fit the lieutenant that gave Coleman the pass.

With such an absence of information, T. Coleman continues to remain anonymous.

From the description of T. Coleman papers, 1863. (Baylor University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 747033919