The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
famous General to Be Bur
led on Gettysburg Plain.
WITHIN SIGHT OF OLD HOME
Permission Granted by Secretary Root
for the IHterment at National Gene
tary-Service IN Philadelphia Tomor-
IOw-The Zouaves' War Record.

PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-Many men
prominent in business. politics. and the
learned professions in New York Wash
ington. and this city will be present at
the funeral services Of Gen. Charles H.
T. Coils, which will be held tomorrow
afternoon at st. Stephens Protestant
Episcopal Church, Tenth Street, above
Chestnut. On Thursday the body viii be
taken to Gettysburg, where military fu-
neral will be held. The body will be in
TERED in the National Cemetery by spe-
ciaI permission of the cemetery com
missioners and Secretary of War Root.
Secretary Root had been a friend of the
dead general for nearly thirty years.
The body OF General Coils was yester-
day taken from Bryn Mawr Hospital
where he died Sunday al midnight, to the
home Of his daughter, Mrs Edwin c.
Lewis, 2127 Spruce Street, and there it
will remain until Wednesday afternoon
The services at St Stephens Church will
begin at $50 o'clock. and an address will
be made by the rector.
Noted Men as PaIlbearers.
The honorary paIIbearers will be Col
A Loudou Snowden, Richard L. Ashhurst,
Clayton McMichaeI, James EIverson, Col.
". P. Bowman, Judge Ashman, Charles A
Porter, Clarke Merchant. Gen H Huide-
koper. James Pollock, ". ". Seile, Judge
James Mitchell, Judge Robert n. Wilson.
John N Crate, NJ Richards Muckle Ma
jor William GTOome and Col John P
Nicholson. of Philadelphia: H E Ire
name, William Latin, S W Aherns, John
T Brady, Colonel Warren, NJ. HeaIy,
Henry D. Cook, George Place, H. S Wise,
and A Mel. Cook, of New York
Major William Groome left for Gettys-
bug last night 10 arrange for the funeral
there 4 delegation Of veterans from the
generals regiment, best known as Coils
Zouayes, will follow the body TO the
grave, as will also a representation of
Lafayette Post, Grand Army Of the Re
public, Of New York.
His Famous Zouaves.
Coils Zouaves attained great fame in
the civil war by their proves in battle
and on forced marches. Originally but 4
company, Captain Coils increased his
command to a regiment by recruiting
from the Philadelphia fire department.
His new men, trained to physical endur-
ance and rapidly Of movement under
stress OF great excitement as life-saVerS
entered into the grim work of war time
destruction with special qualifications for
the hardest kind OF campaigning
Commander and enlisted men made
remarkable record for effectiveness. and
though officially termed the One Hundred
and Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
we're known far and wide by the local
title Of Coils ZoUaves.
Several Notable Exploits.
Frequent recognition was received from
division and corps commanders for daring
accomplishments, and Congress voted
Colonel Coils a medal of honor for BRAY
cry at Fredericksburg. Va
AT Charlottesville the regiment took
and held for some time the breastworks
defended by Trimball's division of the
enemy At Gettysburg the Zouaves
strengthened the wayering Union line
when Confederate success seemed as
sured- until Gregg could make his heroic
cavalry dash and Meade finally win the
day with the infantry. For the excellent
service ne rendered at Spottsylvania in
May, 1854. Colonel Coils won the praise
OF General Grant and received the rank
Of brigadier general.
Heroic Work at Petersburg.
It was at the battle of Petersburg. how
ever. on April 2, 1865, that General Coils
performed his most notable achievement.
The Ninth Corps had been repuIsed from
the rebel entertainments which they had
most CALAMITY stormed and captured. and
General Grant ordered Coils to assist
General Park without delay. The Pennsyl-
yania leader promptly rushed TO their re-
lief leading the OLe Hundred and Four
teenth Pennsylvania and Sixty-frst Massa-
chusetts in person He not only regained
all the lost ground, but took more besides
in the impetuous rush of the Zouaves
For this action he was brevetted a
major general Of volunteers, on the urgent
request Of General Grant himself
Burial On Battlefield.
General Coils burial at Gettsburg IS N
accordance with his expressed desire to
rest near the scene of his stirring exploits
in 1863. The spot where his body viii be
inferred is within sight Of his country
home, Red Patch" where for many years
past he spent his summers.
Mrs. Coils viii be unable to attend
the funeral OF her distinguished husband.
being now in Paris. She is, however. re-
turning 10 this country now, and viii 90
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