Corporal Philip Trippett, Civil War veteran (CSA)

"Philip and Milton are prominent citizens and prosperous farmers of Sheridan District in this county." -from his mother's biography

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Confederate soldier in the Civil War- TRIPPETT, Philip, 1st Corporal, Co. A 3rd Virginia State Line (Moccasin Rangers). Enlisted 15 June (July) 1861 in Calhoun Co., Va. Father, Franklin, and brother said to have enlisted the same day.

Deserted at Lewisburg, Va. on 15 Feb. 1863. 2nd Lt, Co. A, 19th Virginia Cavalry. Born Monongalia Co., 28 Dec. 1838. Moved to Calhoun Co. December 1853. Age 21, Calhoun County 1860 Census. Transferred to Co. A, 19th Virginia Cavalry. Promoted to 2nd Lt, 1863.

Paid for service, 1 Jan. 1864 to 31 Aug. 1864 as Jr. 2nd Lieutenant. Absent 25 Oct. 1864. Absent without leave for 33 days, no steps taken to have him dropped from the rolls. Dropped as 2nd Lt, Co. A on 31 Jan. 1865. Post war farmer, Sheridan District, Big Bend, Calhoun County, W.Va. Age 31, farmer, Sheridan Township, Calhoun County 1870 Census. Died 28 Jan 1922.

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Children: Laura S. (Trippett) DeVaughn (1872 - 1898), Byron Milton Trippett (1872 - 1961), Myrtle Estell Trippett Shimer (1875 - 1970), Caleb W Trippett, Anna Lucinda (Trippett) Barr, Uriah F Trippett, Lemuel Harrison Trippett