defense of the South Mountain passes. He was with his command throughout the war, in such important fights as Sharpsburg, Brandy Station, Gettysburg and the severe fighting of 1864 and 1865, and in a host of minor engagements, in some of which the men of Chew's battery showed that they were as capable of daring cavalry raiding as of standing to their guns in pitched battle. After the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia he walked to his home in Jefferson county, and found work for the season upon a farm. He then removed to Berryville and began work at his trade as a carpenter and builder. It is pleasing to note that this deserving soldier has prospered in his affairs, and is happily situated. He is popular with his comrades of J. E. B. Stuart camp, Confederate Veterans, as well as with a wide circle of acquaintances. In March, 1859, he was married to Miss Hannah Blake, of Jefferson county, and they have a daughter living.
Henry O. Phillips, a respected citizen and business man of Portsmouth, has the honorable distinction of having served throughout the war with that gallant body of Confederates known in history as Armistead's brigade. He entered the service on April 20, 1861, as a private in the Portsmouth Rifles, an historic organization formed in 1792. The company was at once mustered under arms, under Capt. John C. Owens, and was soon on duty fortifying Pig Point, where on June 6th, the attack of the Federal cutter Harriet Lane was bravely repelled. In February, 1862, they moved to South Mills to repel the Federal advance of General Reno, and on May 10th the Rifles was the last command to leave Norfolk, then marching as the rear guard in the movement on Dunn's Hill. Here the Rifles became Company G of the Ninth regiment, of Armistead's brigade, and subsequently participated in the splendid record of that command, the brigade being commanded by General Barton after Armistead fell at Gettysburg. Among the important battles in which he participated were: Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and Five Forks. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, and fighting with Pickett's division on the third day of the battle of Gettysburg, was shot through the body and in this wounded and helpless condition fell into the hands of the enemy. He was sent to hospital on David's island. New York, and remained there three months. After rejoining the army, he continued in the fight, notwithstanding the wounds he had received, and at Five Forks was the only soldier of his division who captured a Yankee from the attacking columns. He surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox, and then returned to his home at Portsmouth, where he has since resided, and has been successfully engaged in business. He is a valued member of Stonewall camp, United Confederate Veterans, and is fraternally connected with the order of Red Men. At the age of twenty-four years he was married to Agnes Trafton, of Portsmouth, who died in 1855, leaving two children: Blanche Nash, now the wife of William N. Garrett, and Agnes E.
John T. Phillips, M. D., born at Chuckatuck, Va., in November, 1829, died at his home in Bloomsdale April 3, 1881, was one of the prominent physicians of southeast Virginia, and a devoted Confederate. He was graduated in medicine at Cincinnati in 1852 and was engaged in the practice in Isle of Wight county until the
