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