{"id":75190,"date":"2025-02-08T06:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/southern-civil-war-union-soldiers-on-memorial-day-renegade-south\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T06:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:08:41","slug":"southern-civil-war-union-soldiers-on-memorial-day-renegade-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=75190","title":{"rendered":"Southern Civil War Union Soldiers on Memorial Day \u2013 Renegade South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/imgp1469.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1866\" src=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/imgp1469.jpg?w=739\" title=\"IMGP1469\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received these photos from Deena Collins Aucoin this Memorial Day morning. The first is of Chalmette National Cemetery in New Orleans. The second is the grave of <a href=\"http:\/\/southernunionistschronicles.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/22\/the-pension-file-of-riley-j-collins-union-soldier-from-jones-county-mississippi\/\">Riley J. Collins<\/a> from Jones County, MS. An avowed Unionist, Riley resisted service in the Confederate Army, and joined Co. E, 1st New Orleans infantry (although his gravestone says LA Infantry) on April 30, 1864. He died of disease the following August.<\/p>\n<p>Deena is a descendant of <a href=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/19\/simeon-collins-an-important-family-link-between-mississippi-and-texas\/http:\/\/\">Simeon Collins<\/a>, brother of Riley. Both men, along with brother <a href=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/17\/collins-family-unionism-mississippi-to-texas\/http:\/\/\">Jasper Collins and many nephews and cousins<\/a>, were members of the Knight Band in the Free State of Jones. Three other Collins brothers\u2013Warren, Stacy and Newton\u2013deserted the Confederate Army and fought against it in the Big Thicket of East Texas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vikki Bynum, moderator<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/imgp1475.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1868\" src=\"https:\/\/renegadesouth.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/imgp1475.jpg?w=739\" title=\"IMGP1475\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received these photos from Deena Collins Aucoin this Memorial Day morning. The first is of Chalmette National Cemetery in New Orleans. The second is the grave of Riley J. Collins from Jones County, MS. An avowed Unionist, Riley resisted service in the Confederate Army, and joined Co. 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