Portrait of Lieutenant Andrew Coats, 7th Colored Infantry Regiment, 1864
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Scottish-born Andrew Coats was a Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Colored Infantry. The regiment, organized in September 1863, first deployed to the occupied coastal territories stretching from South Carolina to Florida. This photograph was taken after he arrived in 1864. Coats served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General (AAAG) for the District of Florida, before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in late 1864.
Scottish-born Andrew Coats was a Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Colored Infantry. The regiment, organized in September 1863, first deployed to the occupied coastal territories stretching from South Carolina to Florida. This photograph was taken after he arrived in 1864. Coats served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General (AAAG) for the District of Florida, before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in late 1864.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1864
Subject Date
1864
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, South Carolina, Beaufort
Creator Notes
Photographed by Samuel A. Cooley, 10th Army Corps, Beaufort, South Carolina
Keywords
United States, North Carolina, New Bern
United States, South Carolina, Beaufort
Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs)
Card photographs (Photographs)
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 7th (1863-1866)
North Carolina. Office of the Adjutant General
United States. Army. Corps, 10th
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.0.12.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.938 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back: Yours Truly / A Coats / Lt and A.A.A.G. / Dist of Fla Photographer's imprint printed on back of image: S.A. Cooley / PHOTOGRAPHER / 10th Army Corps / Beaufort / S.C. Text of photographer's imprint on back: S. A. Cooley Photographer 10th Army Corps Beaufort, S.C.
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