James Bolles Coit Brigadier General, Untied States Army

James Bolles Coit of Connecticut Appointed from Connecticut, Private CompanyA, and Sergeant and Sergeant Major, 2nd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 16 April to 5 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 20 August 1862 Captain, 1 May 1863 Major, 11 October 1863 Breveted Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Antietam, Maryland Breveted Colonel of U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Gettysburg Breveted Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia Resigned 6 September 1864 Died 8 November 1891 COIT, JAMES B MAJOR AND BVT BRIG GEN 14 CONN INF CIV WAR DATE OF DEATH: 12/08/1894 BURIED AT:   SITE 665 WS ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 23 July 2005