Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry [Decimalized .001-.345]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1870 Pagination: 345 items Order a Copy
Charles Morgan Coit worked as a banker and lived with his family in Norwich, Connecticut. On 18 September 1861, at 23 years old, he enlisted in the Connecticut 8th Volunteer Infantry. During his time in the Union Army, he was promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain, to Major and finally to Lieutenant Colonel. Charles Morgan Coit's father, Charles Coit, had also served in the army and had been a Colonel at the time of his death in 1855. Charles M. Coit's mother, Sarah Perkins Coit; sister, Ellen Grosvenor Coit; and brother, George Douglass Coit; continued to live in Norwich and maintain the family's rental properties while Charles was away. Charles was wounded in the battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia in 1865. Though the wound was severe, he lived and briefly returned to service before being mustered out of the army on 27 May 1865. He later married Mary H. Hillard and had two children. He drowned rescuing his son during a sailing trip in New London harbor on 3 July 1878.
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