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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

George Collins

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 26th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company G, 26th Alabama Infantry about December 1861 and was promoted to Sergeant, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Fincham's roster,1 sourced from Tod L. Molsworth's O'Neal's 26th Alabama: the Little Regiment that Did (2000). His Sharpsburg wound also in a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862.

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Alabama, Published 2005, first accessed 23 August 2020, <https://ranger95.com/civil_war/alabama/index.html>, Source page: /26ala_inf/26th_ala_inf_roster_g.htm  [AotW citation 25526]