Confederate Battalion

Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Organized: Lynchburg, VA; mustered in 9 August 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Court House, VA 9 April 1865

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
LCol. Richard "Robert" Thomas Cook

This Battalion's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Jones' Division
  Brigade - Drayton's Brigade

Statistics

Initial Strength: 360; Killed in Action (KIA): 30; Wounded (WIA): 64; Captured (POW): 45;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 38.6%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #347: Drayton's Brigade, Jones' Division - 15 Sep, 11 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

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We have 144 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Branch, William Henry Harrison	WIA 09/17
A	Capt	Daniel, Oliver Porter	WIA 09/14
A	Sgt	Johnson, Henry C.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Mapp, John T.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Purifoy, Robin S.	POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Robins, Albert Monroe	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Shannon, William T.
A	Mus	Walker, Joseph B.	MWIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Williams, William F.	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Wright, Lorenzo Dow	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Abraham, August	WIA/POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Barry, Joseph C.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Blanton, Jacob Alexander	WIA/POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Broyles, Marcellus Franklin	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Chapman, Lyman A.	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Cowan, William	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Currenton, James C.	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Davis, Francis Isaiah	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Davis, Warren Ransom	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	England, Joseph Curtis	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Glover, Darling P.	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Hawkins, James W.	POW 09/14
B	Sgt	Hill, Marcus G.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Lynch, William	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Mitchell, James H.	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Mitchell, Monroe	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Mitchell, Wiley P.	WIA/POW 09/14
B	Corp	Quinn, Charles H.	POW 09/00
B	Pvt	Reed, Elijah T.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Richardson, Robert H.	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Russell, Henry L.	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Samples, John W.	POW 09/14
B	Pvt	Stone, Richard P.	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Turner, Francis Marion	POW 09/14
C	Pvt	Alley, James Sanford A.	POW 09/14
C	Pvt	Cason, P. R.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Clyde, Charles E.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Dobbins, William Henry	MWIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Dodd, Henry William	MWIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Johnston, William J.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Mills, Jonas O.	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Powers, J. J. A.	POW 09/00
C	Pvt	Red, John Benjamin Franklin	WIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Roman, Thomas J.	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Sellers, Ephraim	Died (d) 09/14
C	Pvt	Spruell, John Thomas C.	POW 09/14
C	Pvt	Taylor, Isaac N.	WIA/POW 09/14
C	Pvt	VanDiver, Hunter	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Ward, William W.	WIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Zachary, William D.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Baldwin, John Thomas Lafayette	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Barton, David Humphrey Posey	WIA/POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Brooks, John Allen	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Campmire, Marion W.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Echols, R. H.	WIA 09/00
D	Pvt	Gibson, William T.	WIA 09/17
D	Lt	Jones, Abraham	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Jones, William E.	POW 09/12
D	Pvt	Luke, Franklin Bluford	WIA 09/00
D	Pvt	Murphy, J. M.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Murphy, John F.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Scott, John A.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Searcy, David T.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Spratling, James W.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Sumner, W. J.	POW 09/14
D	Sgt	Tomlinson, Augustus Jackson
D	Pvt	Turner, Samuel M.	WIA/POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Waters, Thomas Willoughby	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	WIlliams, E. Cannon	POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Williams, Ellis E.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Wood, James Springer	POW 09/14
D	Pvt	Woody, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Blackwell, James Madison	POW 09/14
E	Pvt	Blackwell, Jesse Green	POW 09/14
E	Sgt	Burt, James Calvin	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dempsey, James M.	WIA 09/14
E	Capt	Hamilton, Joseph E.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Hendrix, William H.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	White, Noah	WIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Carey, William	AWOL 09/17
F	Pvt	Carroll, William	WIA/POW 09/14
F	Pvt	Conway, Bernard	POW 09/14
F	Corp	Deignan, Richard	POW 09/14
F	Lt	Duggan, John W.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Fahey, William	POW 09/12
F	Pvt	Garey, Patrick G.	WIA/POW 09/14
F	Pvt	Gillespie, Richard G.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kelly, John	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lawler, James	POW 09/15
F	Pvt	McGinley, Cornelius	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	McGovern, Patrick	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Alexander, Andrew J.	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Briant, Henry Clay	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Campbell, Isaac	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Esler, William J.	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Hunt, Clement J.	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Ivey, Newton J.	MWIA 09/14
L	Capt	Johnson, James M.	WIA/POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Johnson, Richard	POW 09/17
L	Corp	Malone, Doctor L.	WIA/POW 09/14
L	Pvt	McLellan, Ira F.	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Pilgrim, William B.	WIA 09/14
L	Pvt	Richardson, Joseph B.	WIA 09/14
L	Pvt	Sanders, Solomon H.	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Sauls, James H.	WIA 09/17
L	Pvt	Walraven, Mitchel	POW 09/14
L	Pvt	Wilmoth, Harrison	POW 09/14
L	Sgt	Young, James B.	WIA 09/17
M	Pvt	Bannister, William	WIA 09/14
M	Corp	Bannister, William M.	KIA 09/14
M	Sgt	Bell, William S.	POW 09/12
M	Pvt	Blackwell, Marion C.	WIA 09/12
M	Pvt	Bryan, John Pleasant	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Collins, Charles B.	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Dobbs, William B.	WIA 09/17
M	Pvt	Folds, Hiram W.	KIA 09/14
M	Pvt	Hodge, John W.	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Inzer, Andrew J.	WIA 09/14
M	Pvt	McKee, Harvey E.	WIA 09/14
M	Pvt	Pitts, Malachi Whitfield	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Ponder, Daniel Hollingsworth	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Robertson, J. P.	WIA 09/17
M	Pvt	Sauls, William H.	WIA/POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Sewell, John W. A.	WIA 09/14
M	Pvt	Smith, James E.	POW 09/14
M	Pvt	Stancell, Joel C.	POW 09/14
O	Pvt	Arwood, Alfred G.	KIA 09/17
O	Pvt	Austin, Thomas C.	POW 09/14
O	Pvt	Carlisle, James H.	WIA 09/17
O	Pvt	Childers, Emsley J.	KIA 09/14
O	Pvt	Davis, Andrew J.	WIA/POW 09/14
O	Pvt	Fields, Samuel E.	KIA 09/14
O	Pvt	Hawkins, John Ransom	KIA 09/14
O	Pvt	Henderson, Charles Pinckney	WIA 09/14
O	Pvt	Jackson, Jesse M.	KIA 09/14
O	Pvt	Moore, Robert	WIA/POW 09/14
O	Sgt	Summers, Alvan Howard	POW 09/14
O	Pvt	Taylor, Wofford Gilbert	WIA 09/14
O	Lt	Watson, William O.	KIA 09/14
O	Pvt	West, Rufus M.	KIA 09/14
F&S	Maj	Barclay, Jr., Elihu Stuart	POW 09/14
F&S	Maj	Cook, Richard Thomas
F&S	Sgt	Mathias, John A.	WIA 09/14
F&S	Chpl	Smith, George Gilman	WIA 09/14

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