GEORGE WINSLOW COLLINS -- 16th CAVALRY -- 91st INFANTRYWORKED AS A STATIONARY ENGINEER - George Winslow Collins enlisted in the2nd Cavalry in Plattsburgh on October 6, 1861, after the regiment hadbeen in their first four battles in northern Virginia -- Fairfax CourtHouse, 1st Bull Run and two battles at Pohick Church all in FairfaxCounty within fifteen miles of Washington. The winter of 1861-62 waspassed at Camp Franklin near Fairfax seminary, VA, where the regimentremained until April 6.The 16th went on the Peninsula Campaign with the Army of the Potomacunder General McClellan. After the campaign and before the regiment wenton to Antietam, George was discharged for disability on September 22,1862. He had spent most of his military career as an ambulance driverfor the 2nd Brigade.In September 1864, George enlisted in the 91st Infantry in Mooers fora town bounty of \$600 and a County Bounty of \$300. The 91stcontinued its existence after enough men re-enlisted and it received aninfusion of new recruits. George was one of the recruits and he joinedthe regiment while it was in Baltimore. In March 1865, they were orderedto Petersburg where it participated in the closing operations of thecity's siege. After the Fall of Petersburg, George went on theAppomattox Campaign, and after marching back to Washington, he wasmustered out on June 10, 1865.In 1865, he returned to Clinton County to be with his wife, Melissa, andfive children. He supported his family in Dannemora by working as aminer. Melissa died in 1875 and the same year, he married Sophia Gadwaywith whom he had five more children. The family moved to Nashua, NH,after their last child was born in 1889. While in Nashua, he worked as astationary engineer working on machinery in the mills. George finallyretired in 1910 and died in 1916. He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemeteryin Nashua and Sophia joined him there in 1920.
