Collins, Robert
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 43, credited to Shaftsbury, VT Unit(s): 1st VT LARTY Service: enl 12/10/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, 1st VT LARTY BTRY, pr SGT 7/14/62, red 1/17/63, m/o 8/10/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/14/1818, England Death: 06/01/1907 Burial: Shaftsbury Village Cemetery, Shaftsbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 57926656 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/26/1885 Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Shaftsbury Village Cemetery, Shaftsbury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Robert Collins
St. Albans Daily Messenger
June 1, 1907
DEATH OF AGED VETERAN
Robert Collins, of Bennington Was
Almost 91 Years Old.
Bennington, June 1 - Robert Collins, the oldest veteran of the Civil War in Bennington county, and probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest in the State, died shortly before noon at the soldiers' home today. He would have been 91 years old had he lived until June 19. He served three years in the First Vermont battery and was promoted to be a sergeant. Previous to enlisting for the Civil War he had served as a corporal in the British army.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.