From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (PIONEERS & PATRIOTS: Anderson County Military Servicemen, Revolutionary War - WWI)
Coleman, George (Civil War veteran)
(born: c. 1845)George Coleman was born a slave in Anderson County about 1845. He remained a slave into adulthood. President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in states openly hostile toward the Union. Late in the war however, the government called for the enlistment of colored regiments, and all who answered the call were granted immediate freedom.
Therefore, 20-year old George Coleman made his way to Camp Nelson to enlist as a private in Company K of the 119th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment. This regiment was organized at Camp Nelson on January 18 to May 16, 1865. It was attached to the Department of Kentucky and saw duty serving as garrison troops at various points in that state till April, 1866. Coleman was mustered out April 27, 1866.
After the war George was listed on the 1870 Anderson County Census as a 24-year old black man living with his mother, Jane Coleman.