William A. Collins papers
Published: 1862
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Correspondence; Social life and customs; Military life; Chimborazo Hospital (Richmond, Va.); Family; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 48th; Medical care; Soldiers; Confederate States of America. Army; Hospitals; History
Description: Chiefly letters that William A. Collins sent to his family in Statesville, Iredell County, N.C. Collins's letters discuss camp life; the Regiment's first combat action against Union gun boats at City Point on the James River near Petersburg, Va., 16 June 1862; and actions in northern Virginia and Maryland in the course of which he was wounded and captured at the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. After being paroled, Collins was confined to Chimborazo Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, Va., where he died. There are also a few messages from others, including the unit's captain, and later materials, among them a poem that appears to have been written by Collins's sister in 1865.
Notes: In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5095-z).

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Gift 2002.

Private William A. Collins of Statesville, N.C., served in Company C of the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment from March 1862 until his death in December 1862.