A Confederate Soldier, John E. Collins enlisted in Co H, 1st SC Rifles, Gregg's Brigade & Orr's Regiment, Confederate States Army. He was appointed Sergeant January 1, 1863 & was wounded several times during the war, died from gunshot wounds May 29, 1864 in Jackson Hospital, Virginia. J.E. Collins is actually buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA, but he has a memorial marker at Zion Cemetery in Horry County, SC beside his widow (Ann Catherine Davis Collins Floyd). He also has a memorial at Hollywood Cemetery (see memorial no. 54934371) The widow Ann Catherine Collins remarried after his death only to be widowed again in 1867.
A rededication service was held for him & other CSA Soldiers buried at Zion Cemetery on January 15, 2011. A large crowd gathered with folks dressed in period clothing for the event. The service was hosted by Litchfield Camp 132 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Conway, SC. This new tombstone was erected for him in December 2010.
*John E. Collins has another memorial at find a grave that recognizes his place of burial. That memorial number is: 54934371. He is listed as SGT. John E. Collins at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Bio by Keith Edwards (descendant)
The following is a personal letter written by J. E. Collins addressed to wife, Ann Catherine Davis Collins (Floyd). Written while serving in the Confederate States Army. Somewhere near Winchester, VA. Broken lines indicate water damange.
Nov. 18, 1862
My Dear wife this will inform you that I am well & hoping this may reach you & find you & your charge all well & will inform you that we have moved again. We are in 5 miles of Winchester (VA) above. We are going to commence to built huts to winter but I don't think we will stay here long. I think we will go on down below Petersburg, but I can't tell where. I received a letter from you last night. I was very glad to hear from you because I have not got a letter from you in 4 weeks, last one I received was about 23rd of Oct. I am very sorry to hear that you are worried. Why will you distress yourself so much about me when you know that my God will take care of me. Put your trust in Him because He will take care of you. My dear I'm very sorry that you did ---- Harlee but perhaps that John McClenighan will do ---- to write to him when he gets to Columbia. If you can't do that for me I want to know it & if you can I want to know about that as soon as possible by 1862. My dear you can't be more anxious for me to come home than I am to come myself. You said that you had got the order that I sent you but you did not say whether Brady had paid that order or not. I'm no more as wise before I got you letter as I am now. You said the taxes were not paid. I can't help that. I will send you it when I get the money. The government has never paid us in 6 months & I don't know when they ever will, but they keep talking about it. When I get it I will send it to you & I will suffer on. I am nearly naked. I have got one shirt I've worn 4 weeks without washing. Socks I have none. I have 2 pair of drawers such as they are. I have a good coat & pants but the weather is so cold up here. My dear we had a long snow up here, it commenced the 6th & slacked the 8th & it was very deep. It is raining & has been for several days. I am sitting under a little tent that I got from the Yankee's at Harper's Ferry. I tote it on my back. I have one blanket to lie on & it has several bullet holes in it. I had it tied on my back when I was wounded. My head is not well yet, it runs corruption of a morning. It don't hurt me much. You said that ---- ole Betsy was at your house & that there was ---- some of the people & that I must guess at the letter in order to understand it. You must write me a long letter & give me the particulars about Sophia (his sister) coming out (from GA) & about what Betsy was doing there. Do write to me soon & give me the news in the neighborhood, for you don't know how much pleasure it is to hear from a dear wife that I dearly love when I am so far away. Give my love to my poor little children & to all inquiring friends & accept 10,000 kisses for yourself. I remain your poor, ragged, lousey husband.
J. E. Collins
P.S. Kiss Lew (his daughter) for me, write to me soon & often for I get all the letters that is sent to me lately. I send you 2 post stamps they are all I have to send you. I lost my knapsack & all the things I had in it. Good bye.
Direct your letters to John E. Collins 1st SC Rifles, Co. H, Gregg's Brigade, A.P. Hill's division.
Letter transcribed by Keith Edwards (GGG-grandchild).
Broken lines indicate water damage.
A rededication service was held for him & other CSA Soldiers buried at Zion Cemetery on January 15, 2011. A large crowd gathered with folks dressed in period clothing for the event. The service was hosted by Litchfield Camp 132 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Conway, SC. This new tombstone was erected for him in December 2010.
*John E. Collins has another memorial at find a grave that recognizes his place of burial. That memorial number is: 54934371. He is listed as SGT. John E. Collins at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Bio by Keith Edwards (descendant)
The following is a personal letter written by J. E. Collins addressed to wife, Ann Catherine Davis Collins (Floyd). Written while serving in the Confederate States Army. Somewhere near Winchester, VA. Broken lines indicate water damange.
Nov. 18, 1862
My Dear wife this will inform you that I am well & hoping this may reach you & find you & your charge all well & will inform you that we have moved again. We are in 5 miles of Winchester (VA) above. We are going to commence to built huts to winter but I don't think we will stay here long. I think we will go on down below Petersburg, but I can't tell where. I received a letter from you last night. I was very glad to hear from you because I have not got a letter from you in 4 weeks, last one I received was about 23rd of Oct. I am very sorry to hear that you are worried. Why will you distress yourself so much about me when you know that my God will take care of me. Put your trust in Him because He will take care of you. My dear I'm very sorry that you did ---- Harlee but perhaps that John McClenighan will do ---- to write to him when he gets to Columbia. If you can't do that for me I want to know it & if you can I want to know about that as soon as possible by 1862. My dear you can't be more anxious for me to come home than I am to come myself. You said that you had got the order that I sent you but you did not say whether Brady had paid that order or not. I'm no more as wise before I got you letter as I am now. You said the taxes were not paid. I can't help that. I will send you it when I get the money. The government has never paid us in 6 months & I don't know when they ever will, but they keep talking about it. When I get it I will send it to you & I will suffer on. I am nearly naked. I have got one shirt I've worn 4 weeks without washing. Socks I have none. I have 2 pair of drawers such as they are. I have a good coat & pants but the weather is so cold up here. My dear we had a long snow up here, it commenced the 6th & slacked the 8th & it was very deep. It is raining & has been for several days. I am sitting under a little tent that I got from the Yankee's at Harper's Ferry. I tote it on my back. I have one blanket to lie on & it has several bullet holes in it. I had it tied on my back when I was wounded. My head is not well yet, it runs corruption of a morning. It don't hurt me much. You said that ---- ole Betsy was at your house & that there was ---- some of the people & that I must guess at the letter in order to understand it. You must write me a long letter & give me the particulars about Sophia (his sister) coming out (from GA) & about what Betsy was doing there. Do write to me soon & give me the news in the neighborhood, for you don't know how much pleasure it is to hear from a dear wife that I dearly love when I am so far away. Give my love to my poor little children & to all inquiring friends & accept 10,000 kisses for yourself. I remain your poor, ragged, lousey husband.
J. E. Collins
P.S. Kiss Lew (his daughter) for me, write to me soon & often for I get all the letters that is sent to me lately. I send you 2 post stamps they are all I have to send you. I lost my knapsack & all the things I had in it. Good bye.
Direct your letters to John E. Collins 1st SC Rifles, Co. H, Gregg's Brigade, A.P. Hill's division.
Letter transcribed by Keith Edwards (GGG-grandchild).
Broken lines indicate water damage.
A Confederate Soldier, John E. Collins enlisted in Co H, 1st SC Rifles, Gregg's Brigade & Orr's Regiment, Confederate States Army. He was appointed Sergeant January 1, 1863 & was wounded several times during the war, died from gunshot wounds May 29, 1864 in Jackson Hospital, Virginia. J.E. Collins is actually buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA, but he has a memorial marker at Zion Cemetery in Horry County, SC beside his widow (Ann Catherine Davis Collins Floyd). He also has a memorial at Hollywood Cemetery (see memorial no. 54934371) The widow Ann Catherine Collins remarried after his death only to be widowed again in 1867.
A rededication service was held for him & other CSA Soldiers buried at Zion Cemetery on January 15, 2011. A large crowd gathered with folks dressed in period clothing for the event. The service was hosted by Litchfield Camp 132 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Conway, SC. This new tombstone was erected for him in December 2010.
*John E. Collins has another memorial at find a grave that recognizes his place of burial. That memorial number is: 54934371. He is listed as SGT. John E. Collins at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Bio by Keith Edwards (descendant)
The following is a personal letter written by J. E. Collins addressed to wife, Ann Catherine Davis Collins (Floyd). Written while serving in the Confederate States Army. Somewhere near Winchester, VA. Broken lines indicate water damange.
Nov. 18, 1862
My Dear wife this will inform you that I am well & hoping this may reach you & find you & your charge all well & will inform you that we have moved again. We are in 5 miles of Winchester (VA) above. We are going to commence to built huts to winter but I don't think we will stay here long. I think we will go on down below Petersburg, but I can't tell where. I received a letter from you last night. I was very glad to hear from you because I have not got a letter from you in 4 weeks, last one I received was about 23rd of Oct. I am very sorry to hear that you are worried. Why will you distress yourself so much about me when you know that my God will take care of me. Put your trust in Him because He will take care of you. My dear I'm very sorry that you did ---- Harlee but perhaps that John McClenighan will do ---- to write to him when he gets to Columbia. If you can't do that for me I want to know it & if you can I want to know about that as soon as possible by 1862. My dear you can't be more anxious for me to come home than I am to come myself. You said that you had got the order that I sent you but you did not say whether Brady had paid that order or not. I'm no more as wise before I got you letter as I am now. You said the taxes were not paid. I can't help that. I will send you it when I get the money. The government has never paid us in 6 months & I don't know when they ever will, but they keep talking about it. When I get it I will send it to you & I will suffer on. I am nearly naked. I have got one shirt I've worn 4 weeks without washing. Socks I have none. I have 2 pair of drawers such as they are. I have a good coat & pants but the weather is so cold up here. My dear we had a long snow up here, it commenced the 6th & slacked the 8th & it was very deep. It is raining & has been for several days. I am sitting under a little tent that I got from the Yankee's at Harper's Ferry. I tote it on my back. I have one blanket to lie on & it has several bullet holes in it. I had it tied on my back when I was wounded. My head is not well yet, it runs corruption of a morning. It don't hurt me much. You said that ---- ole Betsy was at your house & that there was ---- some of the people & that I must guess at the letter in order to understand it. You must write me a long letter & give me the particulars about Sophia (his sister) coming out (from GA) & about what Betsy was doing there. Do write to me soon & give me the news in the neighborhood, for you don't know how much pleasure it is to hear from a dear wife that I dearly love when I am so far away. Give my love to my poor little children & to all inquiring friends & accept 10,000 kisses for yourself. I remain your poor, ragged, lousey husband.
J. E. Collins
P.S. Kiss Lew (his daughter) for me, write to me soon & often for I get all the letters that is sent to me lately. I send you 2 post stamps they are all I have to send you. I lost my knapsack & all the things I had in it. Good bye.
Direct your letters to John E. Collins 1st SC Rifles, Co. H, Gregg's Brigade, A.P. Hill's division.
Letter transcribed by Keith Edwards (GGG-grandchild).
Broken lines indicate water damage.
A rededication service was held for him & other CSA Soldiers buried at Zion Cemetery on January 15, 2011. A large crowd gathered with folks dressed in period clothing for the event. The service was hosted by Litchfield Camp 132 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Conway, SC. This new tombstone was erected for him in December 2010.
*John E. Collins has another memorial at find a grave that recognizes his place of burial. That memorial number is: 54934371. He is listed as SGT. John E. Collins at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Bio by Keith Edwards (descendant)
The following is a personal letter written by J. E. Collins addressed to wife, Ann Catherine Davis Collins (Floyd). Written while serving in the Confederate States Army. Somewhere near Winchester, VA. Broken lines indicate water damange.
Nov. 18, 1862
My Dear wife this will inform you that I am well & hoping this may reach you & find you & your charge all well & will inform you that we have moved again. We are in 5 miles of Winchester (VA) above. We are going to commence to built huts to winter but I don't think we will stay here long. I think we will go on down below Petersburg, but I can't tell where. I received a letter from you last night. I was very glad to hear from you because I have not got a letter from you in 4 weeks, last one I received was about 23rd of Oct. I am very sorry to hear that you are worried. Why will you distress yourself so much about me when you know that my God will take care of me. Put your trust in Him because He will take care of you. My dear I'm very sorry that you did ---- Harlee but perhaps that John McClenighan will do ---- to write to him when he gets to Columbia. If you can't do that for me I want to know it & if you can I want to know about that as soon as possible by 1862. My dear you can't be more anxious for me to come home than I am to come myself. You said that you had got the order that I sent you but you did not say whether Brady had paid that order or not. I'm no more as wise before I got you letter as I am now. You said the taxes were not paid. I can't help that. I will send you it when I get the money. The government has never paid us in 6 months & I don't know when they ever will, but they keep talking about it. When I get it I will send it to you & I will suffer on. I am nearly naked. I have got one shirt I've worn 4 weeks without washing. Socks I have none. I have 2 pair of drawers such as they are. I have a good coat & pants but the weather is so cold up here. My dear we had a long snow up here, it commenced the 6th & slacked the 8th & it was very deep. It is raining & has been for several days. I am sitting under a little tent that I got from the Yankee's at Harper's Ferry. I tote it on my back. I have one blanket to lie on & it has several bullet holes in it. I had it tied on my back when I was wounded. My head is not well yet, it runs corruption of a morning. It don't hurt me much. You said that ---- ole Betsy was at your house & that there was ---- some of the people & that I must guess at the letter in order to understand it. You must write me a long letter & give me the particulars about Sophia (his sister) coming out (from GA) & about what Betsy was doing there. Do write to me soon & give me the news in the neighborhood, for you don't know how much pleasure it is to hear from a dear wife that I dearly love when I am so far away. Give my love to my poor little children & to all inquiring friends & accept 10,000 kisses for yourself. I remain your poor, ragged, lousey husband.
J. E. Collins
P.S. Kiss Lew (his daughter) for me, write to me soon & often for I get all the letters that is sent to me lately. I send you 2 post stamps they are all I have to send you. I lost my knapsack & all the things I had in it. Good bye.
Direct your letters to John E. Collins 1st SC Rifles, Co. H, Gregg's Brigade, A.P. Hill's division.
Letter transcribed by Keith Edwards (GGG-grandchild).
Broken lines indicate water damage.
Gravesite Details
J.E. Collins was one of 4 brothers that served in the WBTS. Only 1 survived (Sgt. Edward Collins).
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