This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nNABAIB/5593 Message Board Post: I have relatives named Jospeh and William Phillips. Don't know if Joseph was in the civil war, but my great grandfather was. The letters would be from or to Illinois. Otherwise, they are probably not related. Kent Phillips (Lexie's dad)