Adam and Wayman Collins Confederate Vouchers

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Restrictions:

Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Adam and Wayman Collins Confederate Vouchers, circa 1862-1864, SC 0020, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Summary

Extent:
0.08 cubic feet 1 legal folder
Abstract:
The Adam and Wayman Collins Confederate Vouchers, circa 1862-1864, contain three vouchers, each paying $10.00 to the family of Adam and Wayman Collins. The Collins', brothers from Wytheville, Virginia, were Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Adam and Wayman Collins Confederate Vouchers, circa 1862-1864, SC 0020, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The Adam and Wayman Collins Confederate Vouchers, circa 1862-1864, consist of three partly printed Confederate vouchers issued by Wythe County, Virginia for resident Confederate soldiers.

Two vouchers are filled out in payment to the family of Wayman Collins, one in the amount of $10.00 (Confederate) and the other in the amount of $30.00 (Confederate). Both are dated April 11, 1864. The third voucher is filled out in payment to the family of Adam Collins for the amount of $10.00 (Confederate). Each voucher is filled out to be issued as payment. The handwritten text is faded and nearly illegible.

Biographical / historical:

Brothers Adam and Wayman Collins were from Wytheville, Virginia and served as Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.

Wayman (b. 1832) served in the Virginia Wythe Militia prior to the Civil War. He joined the Confederate Army on May 5, 1862. He was mustered into Company H of the Virginia 63rd Infantry. On April 11, 1864, the Wythe County Treasurer paid Wayman's family $40.00 (Confederate), via voucher, for his service. On July 20, 1864 he was listed as a POW in Atlanta, Georgia and then confined on July 31, 1864 in Camp Chase, Ohio. He was later transferred to City Point, Virginia on March 4, 1865 for a prisoner transfer. He lived the remainder of his life in Wythe County, Virginia.

Adam joined the Confederate Army on April 9, 1862. He was mustered into Company B of the Virginia 51st Infantry. His family was paid $10.00 (Confederate), via voucher, for his service.

Acquisition information:
James Madison University Special Collections acquired these vouchers at auction from Cohasco, Inc. in February 2015.
Arrangement:

The vouchers are ordered chronologically and housed in one legal folder.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard