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PROFILE of PHILLIP SMITH |
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PROFILE of PHILLIP SMITH |
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(Click here for a
explanation of why people from other states joined the 8th Missouri)
The war diary of Phillip Smith survives intact today.
The diary has been verified as authentic at the University of Chicago.
After the Civil War, Phillip Smith lived out his life in the Peoria area.
The photo above is from the front of his diary; the caption reads
(Phillip Smith, Color Bearer 8th MO Vol Inf of Co. H.
Taken at Memphis Tennessee 1862).
The above information comes to us from the current owner of Phillip Smith's diary.
Phillip Smith attended the 8th MO Peoria area reunion.
(Click here for a photo of the 8th MO Peoria area Reunion in the 1890's)