Soldier: Frances R. Phelps, Sergeant
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 21
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out with company June 21, 1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 7/6/1861
Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia 7/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/29/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Frances Phelps was born in Erie County, New York in 1840. In 1860 he was living in Morrow County. At some point he relocated to Indiana. He filed for a pension on Oct. 2, 1896.
Date of Death: Dec. 13, 1896 Place of burial: Scottsburg Cem., Scottsburg, Indiana
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard