Yes Harrison Collins is listed in the "United States of America's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Official Citations" on page 829. Here is the complete reference. "COLLINS, HARRISON Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 1st Tennessee Calvary. Place and date: At Richland Creek, Tenn., 24 December 1864. Entered service at: Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Born: 1834, Hawkins County Tenn. Date of Issue: 24 February 1865. Citation: Capture of flag of Chalmer's Division (C.S.A.)." Les ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 6:30 AM Subject: [COLLINS-L] Medal of Honor -'only Melungeon in U.S. history...' > The Herald-Chronicle > September 3, 2004 > > The fighting was fierce, rifles gave way to bayonets and bayonets gave way > to > hand-to-hand combat at the man-made earthworks of Franklin -with U.S. > soldiers earning 12 Medals of Honor for their actions under fire in the > five-hour > battle. > > The Medal of Honor is the United States' highest military award. It was > first > created in 1863 to honor actions above and beyond the call of duty on the > battlefield............. > > .............."Tennessee had a number of native recipients of the Medal > from > the Civil War. In the Tennessee campaign of 1864, you had a Naval > recipient > named John Ferrell from Bedford County and Harrison Collins from Hancock > County > - the only Melungeon in U.S. history to ever receive the nation's highest > award." > > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12843583&BRD=1614&PAG=461&dept_id=51 > 5334&rfi=6 > > > ==== COLLINS Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: Barbara V. Byrd at: > [email protected] > List Admin for COLLINS-L and COLLINS-D > > >