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Phillips Legion Infantry Battalion‏

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Company Unknown

Private

Phillips Legion, Company “O” the Marietta Guards, Georgia Volunteers Enlisted 5/6/1862, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862, Death claim filed by widow Mrs Lucinda Arwood, Born 1836 in GA to Jogn Evans and Mary Ann Graham Arwood
Contributor Curtis PetersDate added 12/31/2010

Company Unknown

Lt. Colonel

Wounded (in spine and ankle) and captured at Fox's Gap, MD, September 14, 1862. Resignation accepted by War Department, December 31, 1863.
Contributor John GriscomDate added 11/18/2008

Company Unknown

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dale CheneyDate added 7/5/2012

Company Unknown

Private

Private James H. Carlile served in Company O (The Marrietta Guards) of the Phillip's Legion of Georgia. He was wounded in the leg at Sharpsburg and went on to survive the war.
Contributor David BeamDate added 2/8/2011

Company Unknown

Sergeant

George W. Fenn died of dysentery in Richmond Hospital, and is buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
Contributor Dustin OliverDate added 1/8/2009

Company Unknown

Private

My 3x Great Grandfather. Served in Company O.
Contributor Ed HaydenDate added 3/31/2012

Company Unknown

Private

Enlisted on 15 May 1862 at Camp Prichard, SC. in Company O.
Contributor Herman JohnsonDate added 12/6/2008

Company B

Private

Where and when did he enlist? Was he originally in the Etowah Infantry?
Contributor Anna WestbrookDate added 6/3/2009

Company B

Rank unknown

I have no other information about his service, etc. I found an article in the Andalusia, Alabama newspaper. He is my g-g-great Grandfather.
Contributor Chadwick Morgan HarrisDate added 3/27/2015

Company B

Private

Enlisted 11 Jun 1861 at Camp McDonald.
Contributor Herman JohnsonDate added 10/7/2009

Company C

Rank unknown

Newton was the only one of four Fenn brothers to survive the war. He was wounded in May, 1864.
Contributor Dustin OliverDate added 1/8/2009

Company C

Private

William P. Fenn was killed in action during the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, TN.
Contributor Dustin OliverDate added 1/8/2009

Company C

Private

Pinckney 'Pink' R Heaton - Enlisted 3/1/1862, WIA (lost two fingers) 8/29 or 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas, Discharged from service 5/9/1863, Born 5/15/1836 in SC to Samuel & Malinda Heaton, Older brother of Zach Heaton, Died 5/16/1900, Buried at Zebulon Baptist Church Cemetery in Stephens County.
Contributor Christopher MarshburnDate added 2/16/2009

Company C

Private

Joshua was born 22 June 1824 in Hall County, Georgia. The 1860 census find him at age 35 in Woodstock, Cherokee County Georgia. The Post Office is at Canton. He enlists 2 Aug 1861 from Cobb County in Capt. Puckett's Cavalry Company for the war. His horse is valued at $175 and equipment at $25. The unit is sent to Virginia where it was mustered into Confederate Service on 9 Aug. Assigned to Floyd's Brigade, Army of the Kanawa. Sent to fight in Western Virginia where they suffered from the cold and an outbreak of Measels and Typhoid. Dec 1861 they were ordered to South Carolina to recover. 17 June 1862 Joshua is discharged due to disability at Camp Elzey, So. Car. He died 11 June 1880 at Cleburne, Johnson County Texas and is buried in there. He was the father-in-law of my 3rd cousin 4 times removed. He has 5 cards in his archival file.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 11/20/2023

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Rick ShortDate added 8/21/2009

Company D

Private

Transferred to 3rd Battallion Georgia Sharpshooters in 1863
Contributor Tom ThompsonDate added 7/29/2010

Company D

Private

Died of pneumonia January 8, 1863, at Chimborazo Hospital, General hospital #16, Richmond, Virginia.
Contributor June FowlerDate added 10/21/2009

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor June FowlerDate added 10/21/2009

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jon DukeDate added 3/10/2016

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Gary Chadwick Date added 4/16/2014

Company F

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dan HamptonDate added 12/15/2009

Company L

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Michael LordDate added 5/27/2008

Company L

2nd Lieutenant

Manasseh entered Phillip Legion as a Private and records show he survived the war and left as a 2nd. Lt. I know when Gen. Sherman came through Atlanta he was able to leave his unit and go home to evacuate his family. This was told to my Grandmother by Grace Lamar McGinty, Manasseh's little sister who was about 8 year old. They all escaped to Marietta on a rail flat-car. I would like to learn the battles Company L of Phillip Legion fought and if he was ever wounded.
Contributor Dwane L. RiggDate added 7/29/2010

Company L

Private

Enlisted 5 Apr 1862 Marietta, GA.
Contributor Herman JohnsonDate added 10/11/2009

Company M

1st Corporal

Company M, Denmead Volunteers - Killed in action at Battle of Fox's Gap, Maryland 14 September 1862. Nephew of William Banister, Sr. who also served in Company M. Son of John Banister and Mary Murdock. Exact burial site unknown at present.
Contributor H. David RichardsonDate added 5/29/2008

Company M

Private

Company M, Denmead Volunteers - Left arm severely wounded at Battle of Fox's Gap, Maryland 14 September 1862. Disabled for the remainder of the war. Uncle of 1st Corporal William M. Banister who also served in Company M.
Contributor H. David RichardsonDate added 5/29/2008

Company M

Private

Entered service on or about 29 Apr 1862 at Marietta, GA. Died at Martinsburg, VA (Later WV) of fever on or about 23 Sep 1862. Possible burial at Green Hill Cemetery as one of 30 unknown Confederate soldiers.
Contributor H. David RichardsonDate added 7/3/2014

Company M

Private

my great grand father was wounded in the left arm at the battle of knoxville and later drew a pension from georgia
Contributor jarrell james hulsey jrDate added 12/19/2009

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