Phillips, Josiah

Abt 1830 - 1894  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Phillips, Josiah
  Birth	Abt 1830	Bennington, Wyoming, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	Angelica, Allegany, New York, USA
  Asahel Philips54 Sylvia Philips50 Giles Philips23 Josiah Philips20 Asahel Philips17 Sylvia Philips15 Sally Philips13 Delia Philips8
  Military Service	Between 2 Aug 1863 and 30 Jun 1865
  Civil War Company E, 148 th Pennsylvania Infantry
  Private Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Citation: For capture of a flag at Sutherland Station, Virginia on April 2, 1865, during the Civil War. He was a member of the 148th Pennsylvania infantry, drafted at Ulysses, Pennsylvania. He moved to Wisconsin after the war and died at the age of 64. He was one of four 148th Pennsylvania Infantry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War Name:Josiah Phillips Residence:Ulysses, Potter Co., Pennsylvania Enlistment Date:2 Aug 1863 Rank at enlistment:Private Enlistment Place:Ulysses, Potter Co., Pennsylvania State Served:Pennsylvania Was Wounded?:Yes Survived the War?:Yes Service Record:Drafted to Company E, Pennsylvania 148th Infantry Regiment on 02 Aug 1863.Mustered out on 01 Jun 1865.Transferred to Company E, Pennsylvania 53rd Infantry Regiment on 01 Jun 1865.Mustered out on 30 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC. Death Date:11 Dec 1894 Death Place:Lawrence, Wisconsin Sources:History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865Deeds of Valor. How our Soldier-heroes won the Medal of HonorMedal of Honor Recipients 1863-1994Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union
  Military Service Awards	10 May 1865
  Medal of Honor
  In actions at Sutherland Station, Virginia on April 2, 1865, Private Phillips captured a battle flag from the Confederate Army. For bravery in the face of the emeny, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on May 10, 1865.
  1870 Census	1870	Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Josiah Phillips39 Maria Phillips34 Harriet Phillips12 Ulysses Phillips4
  1880 Census	1880	Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Josiah Phillips49 Wallace Phillips9 Alma Phillips4
  1890 Census	1890	Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
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  	1890 Veterans Census, Lawrence, Brown Wisconsin Josiah Phillips 7th item listed
  Death	11 Dec 1894	Sniderville, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Burial	Aft 11 Dec 1894	South Lawrence Cemetery, Depere, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I200030	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Phillips, Asahel,   b. 24 May 1795, , , Rhode Island, USA d. 22 Apr 1876, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Price, Sylvia,   b. 18 Oct 1799, Homer, Cortland, New York, USA d. 18 Jan 1882, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F66831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hawks, Marie,   b. Abt 1836, Otego, Otsego, New York, USA d. Abt 1880, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1857	, , New York, USA
  Children	1. Phillips, Harriet,   b. 5 Jun 1858, , , New York, USA d. 22 Sep 1922, Elcho, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA (Age 64 years)   2. Phillips, Ulysses,   b. Cal 22 Aug 1865, , , New York, USA d. 18 Nov 1872 (Age ~ 7 years)   3. Phillips, Wallace,   b. Abt Jul 1871, Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 9 years)
  Family ID	F68584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2015