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Henry
Alexander Collins
James Pinkney Collins
The photo on the left is from the
bloodiest war the United States was involved with, the
Civil War. Henry and James Collins were in the 49th
NC Infantry. The 49th was in Longstreet's Corps of
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and then later detached
south to their native state to guard the Weldon Railroad.
They were sent back north when Grant started the
Petersburg Siege. Henry was shot by a sniper in the
trenches there at Petersburg, and died 2 days later on
June 24th, 1864. He was 20 years old. It was
a gut shot, very few soldiers survived those. James
survived the war and lived till the turn of the century. James
was referred to as Pink Collins in the regimental
history. His middle name was Pinkey.
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