9th Virginia Infantry, Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Son of John T. Phillips and Elizabeth C. Underwood, he was an uncle of Sallie Corbell (later C.S.A. General George Pickett's wife). he was reared in Suffolk, graduated from VMI in 1853 (5th out of 25 cadets) and taught there. He was next the Principal of Chuckatuck Military Academy.

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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Company F 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment

1862 – 1863: Major of 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment

1863: Lt. Colonel of 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment

1863: Wounded during Pickett's Charge in left breast at Gettysburg.

1863 – 1865: Colonel of 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment

Declined promotion to the rank of Brigadier General

1865: Captured during the Battle of Sayler's Creek, Va.; paroled and released July 25, 1865.

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Post war:

Owner of Packing & Canning Business in Norfolk VA & New York City.

President of New York City Board of Trade.

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All of the above provided by Scott Hutchison (#46635174).

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- COL. JAMES JASPER PHILLIPS. -

The death of Col. James J. Phillips, which occurred on the 11nth of February, 1908, was noted by resolutions of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York City, of which he was a prominent member. Early in the conflict he became a member of Pickett's Brigade, and followed the fortunes of that famous commander through all of his brilliant career, being among the few who charged the Round Top at Gettysburg and lived through that storm of shot and shell. Although modest and retiring as a woman, he was lion-hearted and knew not fear. After the war, in the peaceful walks of life he won the esteem and affection of his fellow-man.

To the above is added the tribute of one who had known him long and well:

"Colonel Phillips graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1853, and for some years served as assistant professor there. He then organized the Chuckatuck Military Academy (Nansemond County, Va.), where he taught until the secession of Virginia, when he closed it and organized the Chuckatuck Light Artillery Company, was elected Captain, and assigned to the duty of building a fort on the north point of Nansemond River, fronting on Hampton Roads. At the evacuation of Norfolk they were ordered to Richmond and assigned to Company F, 9th Virginia Regiment of Infantry, Armistead's Brigade, and commenced their active field work at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. Soon after he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and the brigade was assigned to Pickett's Division. After the battle of Gettysburg, he was promoted to Colonel of the 9th, and as such served most gallantly to the end, declining promotion to Brigadier General over older officers.

After the war Colonel Phillips engaged in farming, and then in the mercantile business in Norfolk, some twenty-five years ago removing to New York City, where he built up a fine business. Colonel Phillips as a man and soldier was possessed of great personal magnetism, so that all who came in contact with him learned to respect and love him. Ever ready to uphold and maintain the just cause, with nothing to apologize for, ever liberal in his views and his help especially to old Confederates, with full faith in the hereafter he has passed from our midst." Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVI, p. 650; provided by BigFrench (#46554304).

James Jasper Phillips, who served in the CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, was born on January 23, 1832 in Nansemond County (now an extinct jurisdiction and part of Suffolk, Virginia), died on February 11, 1908, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 105 Mahan Street, Suffolk, Virginia 23434.