4th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
4th Infantry Regiment, organized in April, 1861, at Augusta, Georgia, recruited its companies in the counties of Talbot, Troup, Macon, Gordon, Twiggs, Dougherty, Jasper, Baldwin, and Sumter. The unit served in the Department of South Carolina and the Department of Georgia before moving to Virginia. Assigned to A.R. Wright's Brigade during the Seven Days' Battles, it later served under Generals Ripley, Doles, and Cook. It fought in many conflicts from the Maryland Campaign to Cold Harbor, then was involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment reported 15 killed and 78 wounded at Malvern Hill, 22 killed and 119 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and 29 killed and 115 wounded at Chancellorsville. Of the 341 engaged at Gettysburg, fifteen percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 7 officers and 93 men. The field officers were Colonels Philip Cook, George Doles, and William H. Willis; Lieutenant Colonels William F. Jordan, John J. Matthews, Edwin A. Nash, and David R.E. Winn; and Majors F.H. DeGraffenried, Robert S. Smith, and Charles L. Whitehead.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John O Collins
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 355, Twiggs, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Marion
Household Members: Name Age
John O Collins 27 w/m Farmer b. GA
Martha L Collins 20 w/f wife b. GA
James Collins 3 w/m son b. GA
Mary Collins 1 w/f daughte b. GA
John O Collins
Born: abt 1833
Died:
Married: abt 1855 in Twiggs,Georgia
Martha L Vann
[daughter of Sanders Vann 1800-1846 and Mary Ann Galloway 1795-1902]
Born: abt 1839 in Twiggs, Georgia
Died:
[Her 2nd marriage was to Calvin Denning bef 1869 and they had 4 children]
JR