Phelps, John Wolcott

Life Span
to
Full name
John Wolcott Phelps
Place of Birth
Guilford, VT
Burial Place
Guilford, VT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
John Phelps (father), Lucy Lovell Phelps (mother), Anna Bardwell Davis (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Writer or Artist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Anti-Masonic
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
Union infantry arrives at Ship Island, Mississippi in the first build-up of forces intending to capture New Orleans
Date Title
Brigadier General John W. Phelps, Proclamation to "The Loyal Citizens of the Southwest," December 4, 1861
Date Title
Flag Officer William W. McKean to Gideon Welles, Concerning Brigadier-General Phelps' Declaration, December 27, 1861
Abraham Lincoln to Reverdy Johnson, Washington, DC, July 26, 1862
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