SKETCHES OF CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Phillips, James J., Edgecombe County, N. C. ; b. May 4, 1846. son of Dr. James J., d. August 20, 1865 ; matriculated 1863; left April 1864; unmarried. Enlisted as a private in Company G, 3d North Carolina Cavalry, Barringer's Brigade, and thereafter participated in all the engagements of that command ; died from the effects of wounds received in the last cavalry battle of the war, that took place after Lee had surrendered, but before the news had reached the cavalry commander. Company G was better known as the "Scotland Neck Cavalry." It had, perhaps, the names of more University boys on its roll than any other, and experienced as many hardships.
Source: North Carolina University Magazine, University of North Carolina ( 1793-1962), Chapel Hill, N.C., 1889; Pg. 141
