On the 4th of May, at Wilderncas Hospital, near Chancellorsville, Va., B. Philips, son of John and Matilda Philips, in the 20th year of his age.
He was a member of the 50th Va. Regt, At the time of his death, he belonged to Co. H, of that Regt., and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His officers had the utmost confidence in him. He was enlisted on the Ist day of May, 1862, by Lt. T. T. Salyer. Soon after his enlistment, his company was reorganized, at which time he was elected Corporal, which office he discharged with gallantry. It was on the bloody field of Chancellorsville, while his company was on a charge, that he fell, mortally wounded in the right leg by a shell, entirely severing his leg from his body.
Thus passed away a noble son of the South from time to eternity, leaving behind a reputation printed on the hearts of his comrades that never can perish. , j ;" Bristol Advocate please copy
Unspecified cemetery
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BigFrench on 7 Sep 2020
B. Philips
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215118973/b.-philips
While your heart is in the right place, this Southern Patriot's burial is not.
As the obit you typescripted states, he died at Wilderness field hospital, at Wilderness Church. He would've been bruied there but according to the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery burial records, his name is not listed as being individually reinterred there in 1866.
Thus his remains are either under an "Unknown" Virginia marker, or, most likely, his remains are among the 1500 or so set of remains in the mass grave under the Confederate Sentry statue in the FDXBG Confederate Cemetery.
Also, there is no such place as "Old" Salem Church, Spotslvania; it is just Salem Baptist Church, which is a few miles east of Wilderness Church.
You did type in "Unspecified cemetery" in biopage while placing his burial in Old Salem Church.
I thought you'd want to know the probable burial location.
Respectfully,
Dan Janzegers
p.s. Please read my profile for some background of my research.
Thank you for contacting me∼Killed at the Wilderness Battlefield on May 3, 1863
He was a member of the 50th Va. Regt, At the time of his death, he belonged to Co. H, of that Regt., and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His officers had the utmost confidence in him. He was enlisted on the Ist day of May, 1862, by Lt. T. T. Salyer. Soon after his enlistment, his company was reorganized, at which time he was elected Corporal, which office he discharged with gallantry. It was on the bloody field of Chancellorsville, while his company was on a charge, that he fell, mortally wounded in the right leg by a shell, entirely severing his leg from his body.
Thus passed away a noble son of the South from time to eternity, leaving behind a reputation printed on the hearts of his comrades that never can perish. , j ;" Bristol Advocate please copy
Unspecified cemetery
SUGGESTED EDITS
BigFrench on 7 Sep 2020
B. Philips
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215118973/b.-philips
While your heart is in the right place, this Southern Patriot's burial is not.
As the obit you typescripted states, he died at Wilderness field hospital, at Wilderness Church. He would've been bruied there but according to the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery burial records, his name is not listed as being individually reinterred there in 1866.
Thus his remains are either under an "Unknown" Virginia marker, or, most likely, his remains are among the 1500 or so set of remains in the mass grave under the Confederate Sentry statue in the FDXBG Confederate Cemetery.
Also, there is no such place as "Old" Salem Church, Spotslvania; it is just Salem Baptist Church, which is a few miles east of Wilderness Church.
You did type in "Unspecified cemetery" in biopage while placing his burial in Old Salem Church.
I thought you'd want to know the probable burial location.
Respectfully,
Dan Janzegers
p.s. Please read my profile for some background of my research.
Thank you for contacting me∼Killed at the Wilderness Battlefield on May 3, 1863
On the 4th of May, at Wilderncas Hospital, near Chancellorsville, Va., B. Philips, son of John and Matilda Philips, in the 20th year of his age.
He was a member of the 50th Va. Regt, At the time of his death, he belonged to Co. H, of that Regt., and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His officers had the utmost confidence in him. He was enlisted on the Ist day of May, 1862, by Lt. T. T. Salyer. Soon after his enlistment, his company was reorganized, at which time he was elected Corporal, which office he discharged with gallantry. It was on the bloody field of Chancellorsville, while his company was on a charge, that he fell, mortally wounded in the right leg by a shell, entirely severing his leg from his body.
Thus passed away a noble son of the South from time to eternity, leaving behind a reputation printed on the hearts of his comrades that never can perish. , j ;" Bristol Advocate please copy
Unspecified cemetery
SUGGESTED EDITS
BigFrench on 7 Sep 2020
B. Philips
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215118973/b.-philips
While your heart is in the right place, this Southern Patriot's burial is not.
As the obit you typescripted states, he died at Wilderness field hospital, at Wilderness Church. He would've been bruied there but according to the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery burial records, his name is not listed as being individually reinterred there in 1866.
Thus his remains are either under an "Unknown" Virginia marker, or, most likely, his remains are among the 1500 or so set of remains in the mass grave under the Confederate Sentry statue in the FDXBG Confederate Cemetery.
Also, there is no such place as "Old" Salem Church, Spotslvania; it is just Salem Baptist Church, which is a few miles east of Wilderness Church.
You did type in "Unspecified cemetery" in biopage while placing his burial in Old Salem Church.
I thought you'd want to know the probable burial location.
Respectfully,
Dan Janzegers
p.s. Please read my profile for some background of my research.
Thank you for contacting me∼Killed at the Wilderness Battlefield on May 3, 1863
He was a member of the 50th Va. Regt, At the time of his death, he belonged to Co. H, of that Regt., and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His officers had the utmost confidence in him. He was enlisted on the Ist day of May, 1862, by Lt. T. T. Salyer. Soon after his enlistment, his company was reorganized, at which time he was elected Corporal, which office he discharged with gallantry. It was on the bloody field of Chancellorsville, while his company was on a charge, that he fell, mortally wounded in the right leg by a shell, entirely severing his leg from his body.
Thus passed away a noble son of the South from time to eternity, leaving behind a reputation printed on the hearts of his comrades that never can perish. , j ;" Bristol Advocate please copy
Unspecified cemetery
SUGGESTED EDITS
BigFrench on 7 Sep 2020
B. Philips
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215118973/b.-philips
While your heart is in the right place, this Southern Patriot's burial is not.
As the obit you typescripted states, he died at Wilderness field hospital, at Wilderness Church. He would've been bruied there but according to the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery burial records, his name is not listed as being individually reinterred there in 1866.
Thus his remains are either under an "Unknown" Virginia marker, or, most likely, his remains are among the 1500 or so set of remains in the mass grave under the Confederate Sentry statue in the FDXBG Confederate Cemetery.
Also, there is no such place as "Old" Salem Church, Spotslvania; it is just Salem Baptist Church, which is a few miles east of Wilderness Church.
You did type in "Unspecified cemetery" in biopage while placing his burial in Old Salem Church.
I thought you'd want to know the probable burial location.
Respectfully,
Dan Janzegers
p.s. Please read my profile for some background of my research.
Thank you for contacting me∼Killed at the Wilderness Battlefield on May 3, 1863
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