Enlisted on 1/18/1864 at Dardanelle, AR as a Private.
On 1/18/1864 he mustered into "C" Co. AR 4th Cavalry
He died on 6/13/1864 at Little Rock, AR
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company C to company E
(Minor applied for a pension in 1867)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Military Service Records
- 4th Arkansas Union Cavalry - Arkansas Research

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Thomas J. Coats, Private, Company C, 4th Arkansas Cavalry*, joined for duty and enrolled January 18, 1864 at Dardanelle for 3 years, died in Regimental Hospital, Little Rock, of Pneumonia June 13, 1864, description, age 27, 5' 4", dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, Farmer

* This organization subsequently became Company E, 4th Regiment Arkansas Cavalry

M399: Compiled Service Records Showing Military Service of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas