Excerpt from Journal of Francis Collins: An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War Francis Collins was a brother of William Collins of Cleve land and of Isaac Clinton Collins of Cincinnati, both well-known Ohio lawyers. Colonel J. Holmes of Columbus, says of Mr. Collins in his Memorial printed in the reports of the Ohio State Bar Association, Vol. 9, 1888. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.