Charles C. Phillips Civil War papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for noncommercial educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

Charles C. Phillips Civil War papers, 1862-1865. MS 0327. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
11 items
Creator:
Phillips, Charles C. (Charles Coatsworth), 1843-1887
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles C. Phillips Civil War papers, 1862-1865. MS 0327. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the message book and diary (in one volume) kept by Charles C. Phillips during the period between April 24, 1864 and July 13, 1864. The diary details Signal Corps activities during this period, and mentions seeing VMI cadets at Hanover Junction on May 23, 1864 (including his brother Samuel Travers Phillips) where they stopped on their way to Richmond, Virginia after the Battle of New Market, Virginia on May 15.

This collection also includes 10 financial documents (1862-1865), including bonds, receipts, and Augusta County, Virginia paper currency (1862) for the amount of 50 cents.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Coatsworth Phillips was born September 18, 1843 in Urbanna, Maryland. During the Civil War he was a signalman serving with the 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Following the War he graduated from the University of Maryland Medical School and practiced medicine in Staunton, Virginia. Pillips died in Staunton, Virginia on November 18, 1887 and is buried in Thornrose Cemetery (Staunton).

Charles C. Phillips is the brother of Samuel Travers Phillips, VMI Class of 1867 and New Market Cadet.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard