Lorenzo Coates
Name: Lorenzo Coates
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 24th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: William Hobbs
Place of Birth/Residence: Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 02/27/1865
Company: G
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Lancaster, PA; Serves as a wagoner for the army
Source(s):
U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 3852, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line].
