Company F, 11th Kentucky Cavalry (Chenault’s), Confederate States Army

As Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of William S. and Mary Ann (Bronston) Collins

Born – October 4, 1842, in Madison County, Kentucky

1850 Madison County, Kentucky Census
District 3, Dwelling Number 269, Family Number 272
William Smith Collins      40
Mary A. Collins            33     
     Joseph Collins        10     
     Thomas Collins        8     
     Lucy Collins          4     
     William Joel Collins  2          

1860 Madison County, Kentucky Census
City of Richmond Precinct
Dwelling Number 26, Family Number 26
W. Smith Collins           33
Mary A. Collins            25
     Joseph Collins        19
     Thomas B. Collins     17
     Lucy A. Collins       14
     William J. Collins    11
     Jacob S. Collins       3
     William J. Davis      26
     G. E. Billingsly      24

Military Service
Company F, 11th Kentucky Cavalry (Chenault's) Confederate States Army
Enlisted: 1862, September 10 at richmond, madison County, KEntucy by Colonel David W. Chenault for a period of three years(another source lists September 1, 1862).
Commissioned: 1862, September 10 as the Captain of Company F 
Paid: 1862, February 1 by Colonel David W. Chenault
Present for Duty: 1862, September 10 to February 1863
Wounded: in battle in May 1863 at Greasy Creek, Kentucky
Escaped: with Colonel A. R. Johnson at Buffington Island by swimming the Ohio River
Special Assignment: sent to Canada as a member of the Confederate "Secret Service" as one of the 20 men who took part in the "Bank Raid" at St. Albans, Vermont.
Mustered Out: date unknown-  listed as "Suposed to be in Canada" on the muster forms.
Highest Rank: Captain

Post War: moved to Paris, France, where he served as a Physician.

Died on April 12, 1869, in Paris, City of Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Buried in the Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, in Section B, Lot 70.

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