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Phelps was born on January 13, 1824 in Chardon, Ohio, and was appointed as a Midshipman in October 1841. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Phelps was a Lieutenant commanding the gunboat USS Conestoga. He gained command of two additional timberclad gunboats, the USS Tyler and USS Lexington, and as such was instrumental in the Union victory at the Battle of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River in 1862, in which he served as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's invasion force. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July 1862, and resigned from the Navy in October 1864.

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  • Seth Ledyard Phelps
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  • Phelps was born on January 13, 1824 in Chardon, Ohio, and was appointed as a Midshipman in October 1841. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Phelps was a Lieutenant commanding the gunboat USS Conestoga. He gained command of two additional timberclad gunboats, the USS Tyler and USS Lexington, and as such was instrumental in the Union victory at the Battle of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River in 1862, in which he served as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's invasion force. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July 1862, and resigned from the Navy in October 1864.
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  • Phelps was born on January 13, 1824 in Chardon, Ohio, and was appointed as a Midshipman in October 1841. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Phelps was a Lieutenant commanding the gunboat USS Conestoga. He gained command of two additional timberclad gunboats, the USS Tyler and USS Lexington, and as such was instrumental in the Union victory at the Battle of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River in 1862, in which he served as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's invasion force. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July 1862, and resigned from the Navy in October 1864. After the war, in 1875, his onetime commander Grant (now President of the United States) nominated Phelps to serve on the temporary Board of Commissioners. When Congress made it official in 1878, Phelps was elected as the permanent Board's first president. He served for one year, resigning on November 29, 1879. In 1883, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Phelps Minister to Peru, where he served until his death on June 24, 1885. He was buried in Washington at Oak Hill Cemetery. Phelps Vocational School in Northeast DC is named for Phelps. Additionally, his home at 15 Logan Circle in Washington still stands and has been designated a national Historic Landmark.
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