. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ent of troops, left inside tinenemys lines, and in the morning, by a circuitous routi ,rejoined the brigade, with more than their own numbersof Confederate and released Union prisoners. Promotedto major January 9. Engaged in battles of DabneysMill (Hatchers Run) and at Appomattox Court-Housein 1865. Mustered out of volunteer service with regi-ment, July 3, 1865. Was commissioned second lieutenant, EighteenthUnited States Infantry, to date from June r8, [867; firstlieutenant, October 5, [874; and captain and assistantquar
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ent of troops, left inside tinenemys lines, and in the morning, by a circuitous routi ,rejoined the brigade, with more than their own numbersof Confederate and released Union prisoners. Promotedto major January 9. Engaged in battles of DabneysMill (Hatchers Run) and at Appomattox Court-Housein 1865. Mustered out of volunteer service with regi-ment, July 3, 1865. Was commissioned second lieutenant, EighteenthUnited States Infantry, to date from June r8, [867; firstlieutenant, October 5, [874; and captain and assistantquartermaster, United States Army, >ctober 5, 1 Stationed at Forts Reno and D. A. Russell, then in theIndian country, in 1867-68; in i ith Carolina, and Tennessee, from 1869 to [879; at and d in building Fori Vssinniboine, Montana, from 187910,\t Forts Leavenworth and 1 laves, Kansas, from 1885 to,889; fefferson Barracl uri, to July, 1S90; and 0f the construction of the new post OlBrady, from July, [890, to the present time. 396 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). GENERAL JAMES BOLLES C01T, The Coit genealogy, an honorable record of over fivehundred years, in this country commences with the early settlement of New England. The Coits have been represented, on land and sea, inall wars wherein the country required defenders. The father of the subject of this sketch. Captain W. , of Norwich, Connecticut, was an early promoter ofsteam-navigation on Long Island Sound. On one of hisboats, in the thirties, he discovered that steam could bemade from black stone or coal. On another he createdthe express business and presented it to his friend, AkinAdams, of boston. Of his boats in government employ during the war the Escort, with Union troops, ran the batteries at FortLittle Washington, and the W. W. Coit was GeneralGillmores staff-boat when Fort Sumter was retaken, Feb-ruary, 1865. He was prominent in the religious andeducational advancement of Norwich, and was one of
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