William Addison Phillips
Residence Salina KS; a 38 year-old Lawyer.
Enlisted on 1/29/1862 as a Captain.
On 1/29/1862 he was commissioned into
US Volunteers Adie-De-Camp
He was discharged on 3/21/1862
On 5/22/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IT 1st Home Gds Cavalry
He was discharged for promotion on 9/16/1862
On 9/16/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IT 3rd Home Gds Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 5/31/1865
Promotions:
* Capt 1/29/1862 (Captain & Additional Aide-de-Camp)
* Major 5/22/1862 (As of 1st Indian Home Guards)
* Colonel 9/16/1862 (As of 3rd Indian Home Guards)
Other Information:
born 1/14/1824 in Paisley, Scotland
died 11/30/1893 in Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK
Buried: Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, KS
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
- Research by HDS Subscriber
- Photo courtesy of Edward Schoenberger
NOTES:
The following was submitted by: Edward Schoenberger
William Addison Phillips
Born in Paisley, Scotland January 14, 1824, attended the common schools of Paisley.
Immigrated to the United States in 1838 with his parents, who settled in Randolph County,
IL. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was employed as a newspaper correspondent 1845-1862.
He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced pratice in
Lawrence, KS. First justice of the Supreme Court under the Leavenworth constitution.
Founded the city of Salina, KS in 1858. During the Civil War raised some of the
first troops in Kansas in 1861. He was afterward commissioned Colonel and served
as commander of the Cherokee Indian Regiment. He served as prosecuting attorney
of Cherokee County in 1865. He served in the State house of representatives in
1865. Attorney for the Cherokee Indians at Washington, DC.
Phillips was elected as a Republican to the 43rd, 44th and 45th Congresses (1873-1879).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. He was an unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1890 to the 52nd Congress.
He died at Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), November
30, 1893. He is interred in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, KS