Collins' Battalion, Tennessee (Misc.)

Historical Notes:
On July 16, 1863, authority was given by the War Department to Lieutenant Colonel Nathan D. Collins and Captain I. H. Price to raise a regiment of Partisan Rangers in West Tennessee within the Federal lines in conjunction with Colonel R. V. Richardson, to act near and on the banks of the Mississippi River, with the understanding that when the regiment was formed and the muster rolls filed with the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Collins was to be appointed colonel, and Price lieutenant colonel. By the time Major General N. B. Forrest took command in Mississippi in December 1863, Collins claimed to have four complete companies, four incomplete, and other officers recruiting. It was claimed by Major General Stephen D. Lee, and Brigadier General I. R. Chalmers that Collins was recruiting in North Mississippi, within the Confederate lines, and that many of his so-called recruits were absentees from other organizations who had been tempted to desert and join Collins. General Chalmers, in a letter to the Governor of Mississippi dated January 7, 1864, stated that several companies claimed at times to be in Mississippi State Service, at other times in Collins’ Command, that the companies commanded by Floyd, Perry and other officers in Collins’ command had formerly belonged to Colonel Blythe’s old regiment, whose term of enlistment as 12-month troops had expired; and gave it as his opinion that many of the men were claiming enlistment in Collins’ command in order to escape conscription.

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The roster of this unit contains the names of 3 men.

Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.
Originally published as Volume 15 of the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1887 by The Society, Richmond, VA. This book contains 56,000 names of men who surrendered at Appomattox. It shows the mans unit of service and some additional notes.
Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Tennessee. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.