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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John C. Phillips, Jr.

(c. 1841 - 1862)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 19 year old farmer on his father's large place near Luthersville in Meriwether County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 in Griffin, GA.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson,2 who missed his death at Sharpsburg; both as J.C. Phillips. Personal details from the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1841; Meriwether County, GA

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 28557]

2 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 28558]

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