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of Tyrone, Georgia; commander Phillip Trotter |
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of Tyrone, Georgia; commander Phillip Trotter |
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Statement of Purpose:
This page was created to provide members of the Phillip's
Unit Artillery Battery information about upcoming events, to educate
the public about the function of re-enactment in preserving our heritage,
and finally to inform the public about various aspects of the Civil War
with emphasis on artillery.
About Phillip's Legion:
The original Phillip's Legion was recruited from Cobb, Coweta, Heard,
Douglas and surrounding
counties in Middle to South Georgia. They were to consist of Infantry,
Artillery and Cavalry units,
however the Artillery portion never materialized. The original Legion
was organized June 11, 1861
with an Infantry battalion of six companies and a Cavalry battalion
of four companies.
In May and June of 1862 three additional Infantry companies
(L, M & O) and two more Cavalry
companies were recruited. By mid 1862, the Infantry and Cavalry
components of the Legion had been
unofficially separated and served in different commands. Robert
E Lee made this separation official in
March 1863 via S.O. 104 HQ ANV.
The Legion's nine infantry companies were definitely engaged (as
part of Drayton's brigade) at the
Battle of South Mountain (specifically Fox's Gap) and at Sharpsburg.
They, along with the other
regiments in Drayton's brigade took horrendous losses at Fox's Gap
and a good many of them appear
to have ended up being pitched into a well owned by Daniel Wise
by Federal burial details. (they were
removed in 1874 and reburied in the Confederate Cemetery at Hagerstown)
Thanks to Kurt Graham for providing this detailed information on
Phillip's Legion and some of its
history!
About us:
Unlike the original Phillip's Legion our legion consists of an Artillery,
Mounted Infantry and Infantry
branch. We also diverge from the original legion in that our impression
is that of Army of Tennessee
units. The Artillery branch is the oldest unit of our legion, while
the current Infantry units have just been
added. We choose to use the "Phillip's Legion" name because men
were recruited from the very
counties that many of our members reside and many of our members
have ancestors who fought in the
original legion. In addition to the heritage of the Phillip's Legion
name, we allow ourselves the flexibility
to portray units who actually took part in the battles that we participate
in.
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