Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
Sipple, Philip - SGT - Co F - 31 IL US INF
Residence, Carlinville, Macoupin Co, IL; Join, 22Aug1861; Age, 26; Born, Hessen Castle, Germany
Height, 5' 10-1/2"; Hair, light; Eyes, hazel; Complexion, fair; Single; Shoemaker
Promote 2LT 15Feb1862
Sipple, Philip - 2LT - Co F - 31 IL US INF
Residence, Caledonia, Pulaski Co, IL; Age 27; Born, Germany
Height, 5' 10-1/2"; Hair, light; Eyes, hazel; Complexion, fair; Single; Bootmaker
Promoted 1LT 28May1863
Sipple, Philip - 1LT - Co F - 31 IL US INF
Residence, Carlinville, Macoupin Co, IL; Join, 28May1863; Born, Hessen Castle, Germany
Height, 5' 10-1/2"; Hair, light; Eyes, hazel; Complexion, fair; Single; Shoemaker
Discharged 10Dec1864 on accounty of wounds
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Phillip Sipple - Sergeant - Co F - 31st Infantry Regiment Illinois
Residence, Carlinville, Illinois
Promoted to Full Liertenant 2nd Class, 15Feb1862
Promoted to Full Lieuteneant 1st Class, 18Apr1863
Mustered out, 19July1865 in Louisville, KY
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Sipple, Philip
Widow - Sipple, Lena et: al
Service - F - 31 Ill. Inf.
Dated of filing - 18?0Nov19 - Minor - Application #471.409 - MO
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Headstone Reading, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will Co., IL - G.A.R. Section:
Phillip A. Sipple
1st Lieut Co F
31 ILL INF
1836-1877
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Records:
1870 - Macoupin, Illinois - Philip Sipple Household
Sipple, Philip - 34, born, Germany- Saloon keeper; Lizzi, 24
Lena, 4; William, 3; Louisa, 1