serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1832 illinois militia near dover , illinois june 18 , 1832 fitzwilliam , new hampshire united states of america attack -rrb- at ament 's cabin -lrb- black hawk war april 11 , 1809 private elijah phillips
 elijah phillips
elijah phillips

elijah phillips -lrb- april 11 , 1809 -- june 18 , 1832 -rrb- was an early illinois settler who was killed during the 1832 black hawk war , a conflict between white settlers and elements of the sauk and fox nations under sauk leader black hawk .
phillips was born in new hampshire and settled near dover , illinois around 1830 .
during the war he , along with other settlers , fled their settlements in fear of native american raids .
in june 1832 phillips returned to his cabin with six other men to retrieve some belongings .
the group was attacked early one morning and phillips was killed .
