Edmund M. Phillips

First Name: Edmund
Middle Name(s): M.
Last Name: Phillips
Unit: 
Co. A, 31st North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Robeson County, NC
Biography: 

The Phillips family were farmers from Robeson County, North Carolina. Two sons of Jesse and Elizabeth (Betsy) Phillips, Edmund M. (b. ca. 1839)and Orren (b. ca. 1841) enlisted in as privates in Co. A, 31st North Carolina Infantry on September 6, 1861. Edmund M. Phillips died of disease at Charleston on February 21, 1863. Orren died prior to February 20, 1865 (cause not reproted). There are also letters from another son, Samuel S. Phillips, and from a nephew, John C. Barnes, who served with E. M. and Orren in the 31st NC Inf.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
9337 Phillips2 October 8, 1861 Edmund M. Phillips Jesse Phillips , Betsy Phillips Robeson County, NC
9338 Phillips3 February 14, 1862 Edmund M. Phillips Jesse Phillips , Betsy Phillips Suffolk, VA Robeson County, NC
9339 Phillips4 January 29, 1863 Edmund M. Phillips Jesse Phillips , Betsy Phillips Wilmington, NC Robeson County, NC

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