Robert Phillips
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRobert Phillips was a private in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company A.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on August 7, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company A at Detroit, Michigan
- Mustered in August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
- 21 years old
- Taken prisoner in action on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness
- Confined in Andersonville Prison until December 6, 1864
- Returned to regiment at Springfield, Illinois on April 15, 1865
- Mustered out at Detroit, Michigan on June 30, 1865
Post-War Career
- Moved to Vassar, Michigan
Family
Notes
Sources
- Michigan and George H. Turner, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 24. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). (Page 117)
Categories:
- Michigan Soldiers
- 24th Michigan Infantry
- Michigan Enlisted
- Soldiers from Otsego County, Michigan
- Soldiers from Livingston, Michigan
- Source: RSMVCW (24) 0117
- Michigan Prisoners
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners
- Michigan Prisoners at the Wilderness
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at the Wilderness
- Michigan Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
- 24th Michigan Infantry Prisoners at Andersonville Prison
