U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillips, Leonard (b. 1845) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 471-472 Leonard Phillips, son of John W. S. Phillips, born 1845, in Barbour County; married 1865 to Hannah J., daughter of John Jones. Children: Lavina Ann, John Jones W. S., Mary E., Richard C., Martha A., James M. and Thomas W. H.; lives on Brushy Fork, 9 miles from St. George, on a farm of 54 acres, with 20 acres improved. He has been road surveyor, overseer of the poor and president of the board of education. He served two years in the Confederate army, under Imboden, Fitz Hugh Lee, Jackson and others. He was in the battle of Gettysburg and Williamsport. At Williamsport his regiment suffered terribly. Of 1100 who went into the fight, only 250 could be found able to bear arms when the battle was over. Phillips became separated from his men, and a company of cavalry charged on him. He flung himself in a fence corner and opened fire on the approaching enemy, who fired in return, knocking thousands of splinters from the rails all about him. He fired eight times, and held them in check until reinforcements came to his rescue. At Gettysburg he was in the hottest fight, and saw 600 wagons hauling wounded men to the rear. He was with Imboden in some of his most daring raids. In the one down Gauley River, Phillips went six days with only one meal, and that scanty. It rained on them at night, and Phillips lay on low ground with his blanket over him. So fatigued was he that he did not awaken until the water was nearly over him. Then he got up and sat on a log till morning. In the war he never shrunk from an undertaking, no matter how hard or dangerous. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------