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Virginia Military Institute Archives
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Lexington, VA 24450
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions
Online Access
The message book/diary is available online
The Augusta County currency is available online
Preferred Citation
Charles C. Phillips Civil War papers, 1862-1865. MS 0327. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History
- Bonds—Confederate States of America
- Diaries
- New Market Cadets
- Paper money
- Phillips, Samuel T. (Samuel Travers)
- Soldiers—Virginia—Diaries
- United States -- Army -- Signal Corps -- History
- United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
- Virginia Military Institute—Civil War, 1861-1865
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Phillips, Charles C. (Charles Coatsworth), 1843-1887
- Phillips, Samuel T. (Samuel Travers)
Container List
Includes one message book and diary kept by Charles C. Phillips during the period between April 24, 1864 and July 13, 1864. Includes details about Signal Corps activities during this period. Mentions seeing the VMI cadets at Hanover Junction on May 23 (including his brother Samuel Travers Phillips), where they stopped on their way to Richmond after the Battle of New Market on May 15. The message book and diary has been transcribed and many individuals are identified in the footnotes of the transcription.
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Message book and diary1 items Folder 11864 April 24-1864 July 13English.
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Message book and diary1864 April 24-1864 July 13English.Scope and Contents
Includes details about Signal Corps activities. Mentions seeing the VMI cadets at Hanover Junction on May 23 (including his brother Samuel Travers Phillips), where they stopped on their way to Richmond after the Battle of New Market on May 15. The message book and diary has been transcribed and many individuals are identified in the footnotes of the transcription.
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Financial documents10 items Folder 21862-1865English.
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Augusta County, Virginia paper currency1862 May 25English.Scope and Contents
Fifty cents of currency from Augusta County, Virginia.
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Five-hundred dollar Confederate bond1864 December 13English.Scope and Contents
Five hundred dollar Confederate States of American bond issued to Jacob Myers.
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