CAPTAIN FRANK H. COLES, whose ser- vices in the preparation of the military chapters and other parts in this work were of great value, entered the marine service in the Mexican War in 1847, assigned to the frigate "Cumberland" mentioned above, and afterweard to the United States steamer "Iris," participated in the capture of Vera Cruz, Alvarado and Hocatalpam, and was one of the volunteers to Yucatan. Captain Coles was born at Woodbury, Sep- tember 28, 1827, and is of Swedish descent, his great-grandfather, Job Coles, having emi- grated from Sweden nearly two centuries ago. His father, Samuel Coles, was an ensign in the War of 1812. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Captain Coles, between the 12th and 16th of April, 1861, materially assisted in raising the first company that went out from Gloucester County, of which he became first lieutenant. He afterwards entered the three years' service as first sergeant in Third Regiment of General Kearny's brigade; was promoted to second lieutenant of Com- pany G May 29, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant March 24, 1863. After being wounded on June 27, 1863, at Gaines' Mills, he was transferred, December 18, 1863 to the Veteran Reserve Corps as captain, com- manding Fifty-first and Fifty-second Com- panies, Second Bgattalion, Veteran Reserve Corps. He remained in the service until June 29, 1865. Captain Coles was married, in December, 1849, to Anna Elizabeth Harker, daughter of Joseph Harker, of Swedesboro' and eldest sister of Brigadier-General Charles G. Harker, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, who was killed at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, at the age of twenty-seven years.