Perry M. Coleman - Southampton, MA
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N 42° 14.107 W 072° 43.638
18T E 687529 N 4678382
The grave of Pvt. Perry Morton Coleman, who was killed at the Battle of Fair Oaks, VA during the Civil War is located in the historic Center Cemetery in Southampton, MA.
Waymark Code: WM12ZMA
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2020
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The grave of Pvt. Perry Morton Coleman is marked with an unusually shaped pentagonal brownstone monument. One side has a Gothic shield in which a sculpted image of a wrapped flag and a musket. Above the shield in Gothic font is the inscription:
Perry M. Coleman
The other side contains the inscription revealing the cause of death:
Son of
Z.E. & A. B. Coleman.
Killed in the Battle
at Fair Oaks, VA
May 31, 1862
AE 22 ys.
A horizontal, granite, military marker is set on the ground on the sculpted side of the monument. It is inscribed:
PERRY M. COLEMAN
PVT CO C 10 MASS INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
MAR 16 1840 MAY 31 1862
KILLED BATTLE FAIR OAKS VA
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