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Class of 1823

Vol. I
p311 345

(Born N. Y.)

Richard D. C. Collins

(Ap'd N. Y.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 14, 1818, to July 1, 1823, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, July 1, 1823.

Served: in garrison at Cantonment Clinch, Fla., 1823‑24, — Cantonment Brooke, Fla., 1824‑28, — St. Augustine, Fla., 1828, — and Cantonment Brooke, Fla., 1828‑30; in Cherokee Nation, 1830; on Quartermaster

(First Lieut., 4th Infantry, Nov. 3, 1829)

duty, 1830‑36, — at Ft. Mitchell, Ala., 1830‑31, — New Orleans,

(Asst. Quartermaster, Oct. 15, 1830, to Nov. 21, 1836)

La., 1831, — constructing Road from Washington to Jackson, Ark., 1831‑33, — Little Rock, Ark., 1833, — Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1833‑34, — Little Rock, Ark., 1834‑36, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1836; and in transferring

(Captain, 4th Infantry, Nov. 2, 1836)

Indians, Feb. 9, 1837, to July 5, 1839.

Dismissed, Feb. 24, 1841, under Sec. 3 of Law of Jan. 31, 1823.⁠a

Died, July 1, 1841, at Little Rock, Ark.: Aged 46.

Thayer's Note:

a Requiring that disbursing officers failing to render their accounts for settlement in due time be promptly reported to the President of the United States and dismissed from the public service.

In fact, in this case, gross corruption was involved: details are given by Grant Foreman in The Five Civilized Tribes, p161, note 28.

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