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nevada genealogy stephen l collins civil war records skip to main skip to sidebar nevada genealogy ahira to zipporah my ancestors in words photos brick walls genealogy family history nevada and elko county research helps plus anything else that strikes my fancy 08 january 2010 stephen l collins civil war records yesterday i downloaded copies of 27 pages of civil war documents from stephen l collins service file i have known for some time that he was listed as a private in company m 2d nebraska cavalry the indexed listing also indicated he had deserted the most interesting documents were the enlistment paper shown above and stephen l s 3 page handwritten response to his charge of desertion his enlistment paper was interesting for a number of reasons transcribed below volunteer enlistment territory of nebraska town of nemaha city i stephen l collins born in jefferson county in the state of new york aged 42 years and by occupation of minister of the gospel do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered this 16th day of march 1863 to serve as a soldier in the army of the united states of america for the period of nine months unless sooner discharged by proper authority do also agree to accept such bounty pay rations and clothing as are or may be established by law for volunteers and i s l collins do solemnly swear that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the united states of america and that i will serve them honorably and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers sic whomever and that i will observe and obey the orders of the president of the united states and the orders of the officers appointed over me according to the rules and articles of war sworn and subscribed to at nemaha city this 16th day of march 1863 before r w furnas capt co 2nd neb cav s l collins i certify on honor that i have carefully examined the above named volunteer agreeable to the general regulations of the army and that in my opinion he is free from all bodily defects and mental infermity sic which would in any way disqualify him from performing the duties of a soldier c f stuart examining surgeon i certify on honor that i have minutely inspected the volunteer previous to his enlistment and that he was entirely sober when enlisted that to the best of my judgment and belief he is of lawful age and that in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the duties of an able bodied soldier i have strictly observed the regulations which govern the recruiting service this soldier has black eyes light hair dark complexion is 6 feet inches high s f cooper 2nd regiment nebraska volunteers county luet recruiting officer of particular interest he lists his place of birth as jefferson county new york and his age as of march 1863 is listed as 42 b abt 1820 if his birth month is may in later records s l indicated he was born in erie county new york and his birth year as 1819 his physical description is listed as 6 ft tall black eyes dark complexion and light hair more to follow posted by nevadagenealogist at 12 47 pm newer post older post home search my blog here free lookups i am happy to offer limited lookups in the following resources from my collection northeastern nevada cemetery obituary records by judy swett cemeteries including elko wells carlin tuscarora battle mountain austin lamoille jarbidge midas palisades metropolis mountain city starr valley clover valley toano buel and many other smaller cemeteries and grave sites 1944 1992 various elko county nevada telephone directories elko high school yearbooks pohob chart quill which includes early vital records lots more nevada s northeast frontier by edna patterson i also have a good collection of early south central idaho city directories beginning in 1908 covering twin falls buhl filer gooding jerome kimberly and other towns in this area contact me at gmail com as nevadagenealogist blog archive 2016 3 october 2 june 1 2015 1 april 1 2014 2 october 1 february 1 2013 1 march 1 2012 5 july 1 may 4 2010 9 march 4 january 5 stephen l collins as a methodist minister s l collins baptist home missions collins 1820 census jefferson co ny stephen l collins civil war part 2 stephen l collins civil war records 2009 2 july 2 2008 14 november 1 october 1 september 2 august 1 july 1 june 3 may 1 april 1 march 2 february 1 2007 4 december 1 november 3 statcounter view my stats links