Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Pvt. Marshall S. Phillips of the 5th Maine Regiment wrote to his wife, Diana, in Auburn, about the battle at West Point, Virginia, noting, "I think our Company was placed in the most dangerous posision that they have ever been placed in since we have been in the survice."
Phillips enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war.
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About This Item
- Title: Marshall Phillips on West Point battle, 1862
- Creator: Marshall S. Phillips
- Creation Date: 1862-05-10
- Subject Date: 1862
- Location: VA
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Dimensions: 24.3 cm x 11.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. S-166, Misc. Box 6/5
- Collection: Marshall S. Phillips correspondence
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Phillips family
- Phillips, Diannah--Correspondence
- Phillips, Marshall S., b. ca. 1822--Correspondence
- Shoemakers--Maine--Auburn
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
- West Point, Battle of, West Point, Ga., 1865
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