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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Phillip H. Collins

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Hastings, MN, he enlisted in Company B, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 June 1861. Promoted to Corporal and Sergeant. He was captured in action at Chambersburg, PA (date?).

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on 18 September 1863.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Notes

1   State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 500 - 502  [AotW citation 10297]