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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Philip S. Samuel

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

From Caroline County, VA, he enlisted in Mathias Point, VA on 26 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company H, 30th Virginia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 5 October (?), then transferred for exchange. He was wounded by a gunshot to his right hand in a skirmish at Petersburg, VA on 16 June 1864 and the first and second fingers were amputated the next day. He was in Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, VA until 21 July, when he was furloughed home for 40 days. He probably never returned to his company, and was paroled at Bowling Green, VA on 3 May 1865.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2

He easily confused with Philip Samuel, Jr, 2nd Lieutenant of Company E.

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 34544]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #400 [AotW citation 34545]

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