- DAVID COLLINS, farmer; P.O. Lima Center; born in Oneida Co.,
N.Y., in 1844; came to
- Rock Co. with his parents, James and Mary COLLINS, in 1846,
who settled on the farm now owned by Nelson COLLINS. David COLLINS
enlisted in the 13th Wis. V.I. in 1861; was with his regiment
through Kansas, thence to Columbus, Ky., to Fts. Henry and Donelson,
to Alabama and Nashville, when the regiment veterinized in 1863,
and the boys had a forty days' furlough; returning to Nashville,
he went down the N. & C. R.R. to Claysville, Ala., thence
to Huntsville, Ala., where Mr. COLLINS was shot through the arm;
he was in the hospital six weeks, and was removed to Louisville,
Ky., where he heard of the surrender of Lee and the next day
of the death of President Lincoln. Mr. C. says it was a sudden
change from festivity to mourning. He was mustered out at Madison,
Wis., Nov. 25, 1865.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 790.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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