* Documentation taken from Fold-3 Military Records and a Book confirm the following: Silas Phillips/Philips, age 19/30, a farmer, born Monroe County, Tennessee enlisted in the 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, USA on September 1, 1862 in Buffalo, Missouri as a Pvt. in Company "I". October 1862 On Extra/Daily Duty. November 25, 1862 Absent, Detailed for Scouting Duty for -5- days. December 1862 Absent, Sick in Springfield, Missouri. May 11, 1863 Absent, Sick in Post Hospital in Rolla, Missouri. April 22, 1864 Absent, Wounded in right leg {Severely} and Missing in Action in Cache River, Arkansas. {Prisoner of War Record in file.} May 6, 1864 Returned to Duty at DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas from Missing in Action. June 24, 1864 Absent, On Sick Furlough with Transportation furnished from DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee; $1.80 cents. July 24, 1864 Absent, Sick at Home. August 27, 1864 Absent, On Scout Duty. November 1864 Absent, On Scout Duty. July 20, 1865 Mustered Out/Discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas. - Ralph Biggs
* Noted Discrepancies are shown by the Slash Mark {/}, due to Different Clerks documenting things different! Mainly Spelling and Dates!
* Noted Discrepancies are shown by the Slash Mark {/}, due to Different Clerks documenting things different! Mainly Spelling and Dates!
* Documentation taken from Fold-3 Military Records and a Book confirm the following: Silas Phillips/Philips, age 19/30, a farmer, born Monroe County, Tennessee enlisted in the 8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, USA on September 1, 1862 in Buffalo, Missouri as a Pvt. in Company "I". October 1862 On Extra/Daily Duty. November 25, 1862 Absent, Detailed for Scouting Duty for -5- days. December 1862 Absent, Sick in Springfield, Missouri. May 11, 1863 Absent, Sick in Post Hospital in Rolla, Missouri. April 22, 1864 Absent, Wounded in right leg {Severely} and Missing in Action in Cache River, Arkansas. {Prisoner of War Record in file.} May 6, 1864 Returned to Duty at DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas from Missing in Action. June 24, 1864 Absent, On Sick Furlough with Transportation furnished from DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee; $1.80 cents. July 24, 1864 Absent, Sick at Home. August 27, 1864 Absent, On Scout Duty. November 1864 Absent, On Scout Duty. July 20, 1865 Mustered Out/Discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas. - Ralph Biggs
* Noted Discrepancies are shown by the Slash Mark {/}, due to Different Clerks documenting things different! Mainly Spelling and Dates!
* Noted Discrepancies are shown by the Slash Mark {/}, due to Different Clerks documenting things different! Mainly Spelling and Dates!
Gravesite Details
Son of Abraham and Ann Phillips. Husband of Lucinda Hildebrand. Father of James Matthew, Jane, John Allen, Elizabeth Ann, Polly and Silas L. Phillips.
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