Isaac H. Coats
Name: Isaac H. Coats
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 55th MA Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: William Hobbs
Place of Birth/Residence: New Market, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Served in either Company C, H, or I. Enlisted on either 5/30/1863 or 6/22/1863 at Readville, MA.
Source(s):
U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 3849, 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].
