PROFILE of DAVID CROCKETT COLEMAN
8th MO Infantry (US) Field Officer
	David C. Coleman's name appears on bottom line of this marker at Vicksburg

Lt. Col. David Crockett Coleman led the 8th Missouri (US) Volunteer Infantry Regiment at many Civil War battles.   (Do not confuse him with the David Coleman who led the Confederate 39th North Carolina Infanty Regiment.)
 
Coleman's name can be found as the commander of the 8th Missouri in
 
        The order of battle for the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi
        The order of battle for the Battle of Arkansas Post
        The order of battle for the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
        The order of battle for the Siege of Vicksburg
        The order of battle for the Battle of Chattanooga
        As a participant in the Atlanta Campaign (scroll down to page 287).
 
He was wounded both at Arkansas Post and at Vicksburg.
 
David C. Coleman is buried in Calvary Cemetary, St. Louis, Missouri.   Coleman's original Civil War pistol was offered for sale in the year 2002 for $9,5000.