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Title	Collins family letters,1862-1863
Collection title	Collins family letters,1862-1863
Item ID	ahmc_collinsfamily_001.pdf
Date of original	1862; 1863
Contributors	Collins, James B.,b. 1843 Collins, Joseph T., d. 1863 Curran, Patrick T. Ettinger, Sam Hay, William G. Elliott, John C.
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Description	66 autograph letters, signed, between James B. Collins and his brother Joseph T. Collins, their parents John W. and Mary Anne Collins, and a handful of friends and relatives, all dated between February 4, 1862 and July 9, 1863. The bulk of the letters from the front are written by James B. Collins. Also includes a manuscript copy of lyrics to a song entitled "Song of the Louisiana Lowlands."
Subject	Collins, James B., b. 1843 Collins, Joseph T., d. 1863 Collins, John W., bookbinder Collins, Mary Anne Collins, John W., bookbinder Commodore Barney (Steamboat) Monitor (Ironclad) Monticello (Steamer) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
Material type of original	Letters
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 212-873-3400
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.
Notes	James B. and Joseph T. Collins of New York City enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August of 1862. They were first assigned to the U.S.S. Monticello, and then transferred to the U.S.S. Commodore Barney. Before being assigned to the Barney, among other experiences they witnessed the destruction of the ironclad U.S.S. Monitor off Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862. Joseph Collins was killed on the Barney during the Battle of Suffolk on April 14, 1863; James survived the battle but lost an arm in the same explosion that killed his brother. James B. Collins was honorably discharged on July 16, 1863 and returned to New York. He became an Internal Revenue officer for the First District of New York City in 1872.

Title	Letter from Joseph T. Collins to his parents, John W. and Mary A. Collins, and his brother, James B. Collins, dated Hampton Roads, February 4, 1862
Collection title	Collins family letters,1862-1863
Item ID	ahmc_collinsfamily_001.pdf
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.

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