William Addison Phillips
William Addison Phillips
was born at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, January 14, 1824.
He received an academic education prior to the emigration of his
father's family to America, in 1839. He grew to manhood on a
farm in Southern Illinois.
At the age of twenty-one
he was engaged in newspaper work, and a few years later began the
study of law. In 1855 he moved to Kansas as the special
correspondent of the New York Tribune. He volunteered for
service at the outbreak of the war, was commissioned major of the 1st
Indian Regiment and soon promoted to colonel. He commanded the
Indian Brigade and for a time commanded a division, though he was
never promoted above the grade of colonel. From 1873 to 1879 he
represented the first Kansas district in Congress.
After his retirement he
served as national attorney for the Cherokee Nation. He died at
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma January 14, 1894.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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