Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Henry C. Phelps

Birth Year: 1842
Birth Place: Beardstown, IL
Residence at Enlistment: Beardstown, IL
Regiment(s): Co A, 14th IL Inf
Military Notes:

Mustered in to 14th IL in 1861; mustered out in 1864; mustered in to 3rd IL Cav in Mar 1865, mustered out in Oct 1865.

Death Year: 1922
Death Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
Burial Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
Cemetery Name: New Lorimier Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 131870719
Spouse(s): Eliza Costello (m. 1896 in Ballard County, IL)
Remarks: Resided in Arenzville precinct but cited Beardstown as residence on entering the 14th IL Inf

Cass County Draft Registration rolls show him as a 21-year-old resident of Arenzville precinct with prior military service in the 14th IL Inf; his pension record also shows service in Co F, 3rd IL Cav.