Civil War
Co.B 130th PA V.I.
age 74 yrs
son of Asa & Emily Ethridge. Married twice, one being Anna Wheaton in Fisk dale, Massachusetts. Children: Allen w. (06/14/71), Asa A. (b. 02/11/73), Elizabeth E. (b. 12/29/75), John B. (b. 11/02/77), Addie R. (b. 09/??/79, d. 06/??/80), Abbie M. (b. 09/??/81), Ellery E. 05/29/85), Charles M. (b. 1887), and Evelina (b. 1889, d. 1890). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He stood 5' 5" tall, had brown hair, gray eyes (but brown also reported and more likely the true color), and had a mole on his left cheek.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Woodstock July 16, 1861, with Co. H, 5th Ct Inf, at the rank of private. Deserted June 4, 1862, at Williamsport, Maryland, because he "didn't like the captain and had got all I wanted of the Co." Intending to return home, he happened to stop over in York, Pennsylvania, where he succumbed to a recruiting spiel that included a promise of a $90 bounty (which he got) and corporal's stripes (which he did not get) and enlisted on August 11 with Co. B, 130th Pa Inf. Wanting to avoid detection, he enlisted as "Witman A. Phillips," a lawyer acquaintance from home and the first name that popped into his mind the day he registered in the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel in York. Once chosen, he stuck with it, and no one in the 130th Pa ever knew his correct name.
When the regiment returned to York to disband, U.S. detectives were waiting for him and threw him into the guardhouse for deserting the 5th Ct. Although he has an official discharge date of May 21, 1863, he never received discharge papers from the 130th Pa. Given that he had completed his enlistment with that regiment, authorities did relent and release him from custody, upon which he celebrated by getting drunk with 130th Pa comrade Barton Jacobs.
He had earned a nickname while with the 130th Pa: "Whiskey Jack." One of his Pennsylvania buddies explained that the name came about because "if there was any whiskey in the camp it seemed that Phillips could always get it." -courtesy Dennis Brandt (#47232334)
Co.B 130th PA V.I.
age 74 yrs
son of Asa & Emily Ethridge. Married twice, one being Anna Wheaton in Fisk dale, Massachusetts. Children: Allen w. (06/14/71), Asa A. (b. 02/11/73), Elizabeth E. (b. 12/29/75), John B. (b. 11/02/77), Addie R. (b. 09/??/79, d. 06/??/80), Abbie M. (b. 09/??/81), Ellery E. 05/29/85), Charles M. (b. 1887), and Evelina (b. 1889, d. 1890). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He stood 5' 5" tall, had brown hair, gray eyes (but brown also reported and more likely the true color), and had a mole on his left cheek.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Woodstock July 16, 1861, with Co. H, 5th Ct Inf, at the rank of private. Deserted June 4, 1862, at Williamsport, Maryland, because he "didn't like the captain and had got all I wanted of the Co." Intending to return home, he happened to stop over in York, Pennsylvania, where he succumbed to a recruiting spiel that included a promise of a $90 bounty (which he got) and corporal's stripes (which he did not get) and enlisted on August 11 with Co. B, 130th Pa Inf. Wanting to avoid detection, he enlisted as "Witman A. Phillips," a lawyer acquaintance from home and the first name that popped into his mind the day he registered in the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel in York. Once chosen, he stuck with it, and no one in the 130th Pa ever knew his correct name.
When the regiment returned to York to disband, U.S. detectives were waiting for him and threw him into the guardhouse for deserting the 5th Ct. Although he has an official discharge date of May 21, 1863, he never received discharge papers from the 130th Pa. Given that he had completed his enlistment with that regiment, authorities did relent and release him from custody, upon which he celebrated by getting drunk with 130th Pa comrade Barton Jacobs.
He had earned a nickname while with the 130th Pa: "Whiskey Jack." One of his Pennsylvania buddies explained that the name came about because "if there was any whiskey in the camp it seemed that Phillips could always get it." -courtesy Dennis Brandt (#47232334)
Civil War
Co.B 130th PA V.I.
age 74 yrs
son of Asa & Emily Ethridge. Married twice, one being Anna Wheaton in Fisk dale, Massachusetts. Children: Allen w. (06/14/71), Asa A. (b. 02/11/73), Elizabeth E. (b. 12/29/75), John B. (b. 11/02/77), Addie R. (b. 09/??/79, d. 06/??/80), Abbie M. (b. 09/??/81), Ellery E. 05/29/85), Charles M. (b. 1887), and Evelina (b. 1889, d. 1890). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He stood 5' 5" tall, had brown hair, gray eyes (but brown also reported and more likely the true color), and had a mole on his left cheek.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Woodstock July 16, 1861, with Co. H, 5th Ct Inf, at the rank of private. Deserted June 4, 1862, at Williamsport, Maryland, because he "didn't like the captain and had got all I wanted of the Co." Intending to return home, he happened to stop over in York, Pennsylvania, where he succumbed to a recruiting spiel that included a promise of a $90 bounty (which he got) and corporal's stripes (which he did not get) and enlisted on August 11 with Co. B, 130th Pa Inf. Wanting to avoid detection, he enlisted as "Witman A. Phillips," a lawyer acquaintance from home and the first name that popped into his mind the day he registered in the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel in York. Once chosen, he stuck with it, and no one in the 130th Pa ever knew his correct name.
When the regiment returned to York to disband, U.S. detectives were waiting for him and threw him into the guardhouse for deserting the 5th Ct. Although he has an official discharge date of May 21, 1863, he never received discharge papers from the 130th Pa. Given that he had completed his enlistment with that regiment, authorities did relent and release him from custody, upon which he celebrated by getting drunk with 130th Pa comrade Barton Jacobs.
He had earned a nickname while with the 130th Pa: "Whiskey Jack." One of his Pennsylvania buddies explained that the name came about because "if there was any whiskey in the camp it seemed that Phillips could always get it." -courtesy Dennis Brandt (#47232334)
Co.B 130th PA V.I.
age 74 yrs
son of Asa & Emily Ethridge. Married twice, one being Anna Wheaton in Fisk dale, Massachusetts. Children: Allen w. (06/14/71), Asa A. (b. 02/11/73), Elizabeth E. (b. 12/29/75), John B. (b. 11/02/77), Addie R. (b. 09/??/79, d. 06/??/80), Abbie M. (b. 09/??/81), Ellery E. 05/29/85), Charles M. (b. 1887), and Evelina (b. 1889, d. 1890). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. He stood 5' 5" tall, had brown hair, gray eyes (but brown also reported and more likely the true color), and had a mole on his left cheek.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Woodstock July 16, 1861, with Co. H, 5th Ct Inf, at the rank of private. Deserted June 4, 1862, at Williamsport, Maryland, because he "didn't like the captain and had got all I wanted of the Co." Intending to return home, he happened to stop over in York, Pennsylvania, where he succumbed to a recruiting spiel that included a promise of a $90 bounty (which he got) and corporal's stripes (which he did not get) and enlisted on August 11 with Co. B, 130th Pa Inf. Wanting to avoid detection, he enlisted as "Witman A. Phillips," a lawyer acquaintance from home and the first name that popped into his mind the day he registered in the Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel in York. Once chosen, he stuck with it, and no one in the 130th Pa ever knew his correct name.
When the regiment returned to York to disband, U.S. detectives were waiting for him and threw him into the guardhouse for deserting the 5th Ct. Although he has an official discharge date of May 21, 1863, he never received discharge papers from the 130th Pa. Given that he had completed his enlistment with that regiment, authorities did relent and release him from custody, upon which he celebrated by getting drunk with 130th Pa comrade Barton Jacobs.
He had earned a nickname while with the 130th Pa: "Whiskey Jack." One of his Pennsylvania buddies explained that the name came about because "if there was any whiskey in the camp it seemed that Phillips could always get it." -courtesy Dennis Brandt (#47232334)
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