| LC control no. | no 95017779 |
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| Personal name heading | Phillips, William, 1731?-1781 |
| Found in | Hadden's journal and orderly books, 1884: t.p. (William Phillips) OCLC, 3/28/95 (hdg.: Phillips, William, 1731?-1781; usage: William Phillips) DNB: (under Phillips, William, 1731?-1781; British general; in 1776 served as commander of artillery under Lieutenant-generals Carleton and Burgoyne; promoted to major-general in the army Aug. 29, 1777; took part in the battle of Saratoga Oct. 7, 1777, and conducted the British retreat; served in Rhode Island under Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton in early 1781; was posted to Virginia in April, 1781; died in Petersburg on May 13, 1781, and was buried there) |
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