Profile of David Collier
Regiment: 4th Regiment, P.R.V.C., Company K
                 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
In Date/Rank: Enlisted as Private on June 6th, 1861.
-Wounded at:
  • Gaines' Mill (Seven Days Campaign) - June 27th, 1862 (Wounded – Private David Collier, Charleston, two fingers of right hand shot off.)
    • Out Date/Rank: He was discharged for disability on August 16, 1862. Final rank: Private.
    Enrolled at: Chester, Pennsylvania
    Residence: Upper Uwchlan, Chester County, Pa.
    Age at Enrollment: 19
    Mustered In at: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    Eye Color: Grey
    Hair Color: Brown     		Enrolled on: June 6th, 1861
    Occupation: Farmer
    Mustered In on: July 17th, 1861
    Complexion: Fair
    Height: 5' 7" 1/2

    Research by Justin Sanders & August Marchetti

    Private David Collier, Company K, 4th Reserves. Listed as simply "* Wounded (date and place not stated). He was discharged for disability on 8/16/1862"

    In a letter written by an unknown writer from Company K, of the 4th Regiment, while giving an account of casualties taken at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, it states:

    "Wounded – Private David Collier, Charleston, two fingers of right hand shot off."1

    It should be noted that Private David Collier be listed on every muster roll as "Wounded at Gaines' Mill, Virginia; June 27th, 1862" during the Seven Days Campaign.

    Source:
    1. Anonymous., Enton Guards, Co. K, 4th PA Reserves, July 4, 1862 [West Chester Village Record: 7-19-1862].