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    Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory

    Birth: 11-27-1828

    Death: 10-7-1864

    Alternate First Name: Jonathan Isaac Coffin

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"Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A 1851 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was made a Captain in the 7th United States Regular Infantry at the start of the Civil War. He was subsequently promoted to Major of the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned in the Volunteer service as Colonel and commander of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the same rank, he was then appointed as Commissary of Musters for the XVIII Corps serving in the Department of North Carolina. He was serving on active duty in Beaufort, North Carolina when he died in October 1864. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war"."

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"Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A 1851 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was made a Captain in the 7th United States Regular Infantry at the start of the Civil War. He was subsequently promoted to Major of the 8th United States Regular Infantry before being commissioned in the Volunteer service as Colonel and commander of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the same rank, he was then appointed as Commissary of Musters for the XVIII Corps serving in the Department of North Carolina. He was serving on active duty in Beaufort, North Carolina when he died in October 1864. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 1, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war"."
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