Nathaniel A. Collins
Mustered into service as a Private on July 29th, 1861
Born 19 February 1840
Died 17 December 1914
Buried Lela Cemetery, Noble County Oklahoma
Private Collins was wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17th, 1862. He would be discharged the following January because of disability.
He filed for a pension in October of 1878.
Nathaniel's father Henry M. Collins also served in the Civil War. He served in Company D of the 22nd Iowa Infantry.