Thursday, April 18, 2013

Cpl. Silas Phelps

Cpl. Silas Phelps

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois
Co. G       45th Ill. Vol. Inft.
The Washburn Lead Mine Regiment

Home of Record listed as Seward, Ill.
Enlisted - Sept. 17, 1861
Mustered In - Nov. 20, 1861
Remarks - Re-enlisted as a Veteran
Mustered In as Veteran - Jan. 5, 1864
Remarks - Mustered Out July 12, 1865 as a Corp'l.
       Known Actions
Fort Donelson, Tenn. - Feb. 13, 1862
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. - April 6, 1862
Treager', Miss. - Aug. 31, 1862
Vicksburg, Miss. - May 1863
Pocotaligo, S.C. - Jan. 14, 1865

       From the Post #49 Files
Joined the GAR Veteran's Post #49 Feb. 2, 1886.

       From the G.A.R. Dept. of Illinois Death Rolls
Soldier - Pvt. Silas W. Phelps
Unit - Co. G       45th Ill. Inft.
Post - #1, G. L. Nevius Post in Rockford, Ill.
Date of Death - Aug. 25, 1945

       From the Headstone Application form
Soldier - Cpl. Silas M. Phelps
Unit - Co. G   45th Illinois Infantry Volunteers
Date of Death - Aug. 31, 1945
Cemetery - Twelve Mile Grove in Seward, Ill.
Type of Stone - Upright marble
Verified - March 18, 1946
Ordered - Green Mountain, Vt., Oct. 22, 1946
Address - 630 Pope St., Rockford, Ill.
Notation in Red - No such Address found

 

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