Philip attended Hampden-Sydney and University of Virginia and was a postwar lawyer in Gordonsville, Orange County; never married.
Company C "Gordonsville Grays" (of Gordonsville, Orange County), 13th Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, Pegram's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Barboursville, Orange County; 21 year-old student.
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Winchester, VA., he travelled 170 miles to Winchester to be mustered into "C" Co. VA 13th Infantry as a Private.
Listed as 5th Sergt on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Reduced from 3rd Sergt to ranks, Private, 4/25/1862.
Listed as 3rd Sergt on May & June 1862 Roll.
Promoted to 2nd Sergt prior to being wounded in leg 9/1/1862 in Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly, VA.; hospitalized Gordonsville C.S.A. Hospital; listed thereafter as Absent, wounded through May & June 1863 Roll.
Listed on Sept & Oct 1863 Roll as having been promoted to Captain, Assistant QuarterMaster (8/6/1863).
He was subsequently on duty in Raleigh, Greensboro and Richmond.
The 13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization during the summer of 1861 with men from Winchester and Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, and Hampshire counties.
Philip attended Hampden-Sydney and University of Virginia and was a postwar lawyer in Gordonsville, Orange County; never married.
Company C "Gordonsville Grays" (of Gordonsville, Orange County), 13th Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, Pegram's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Barboursville, Orange County; 21 year-old student.
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Winchester, VA., he travelled 170 miles to Winchester to be mustered into "C" Co. VA 13th Infantry as a Private.
Listed as 5th Sergt on Nov & Dec 1861 Roll.
Reduced from 3rd Sergt to ranks, Private, 4/25/1862.
Listed as 3rd Sergt on May & June 1862 Roll.
Promoted to 2nd Sergt prior to being wounded in leg 9/1/1862 in Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly, VA.; hospitalized Gordonsville C.S.A. Hospital; listed thereafter as Absent, wounded through May & June 1863 Roll.
Listed on Sept & Oct 1863 Roll as having been promoted to Captain, Assistant QuarterMaster (8/6/1863).
He was subsequently on duty in Raleigh, Greensboro and Richmond.
The 13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization during the summer of 1861 with men from Winchester and Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, and Hampshire counties.
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