Seth Ledyard Phelps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Seth Ledyard Phelps

United States Navy officer

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1824

Place of Birth: Chardon, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jun-1885

Profession: politician, military officer, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Seth Ledyard Phelps

  • Seth Ledyard Phelps (January 13, 1824 – June 24, 1885) was an American naval officer, and in later life, a politician and diplomat.
  • Phelps received his first commission in United States Navy as a midshipman aboard the famous USS Independence.
  • He served patrolling the coast of West Africa guarding against slavers.
  • During the Mexican–American War he served on gunboats, giving support to Winfield Scott's army, and later served in the Mediterranean and Caribbean squadrons. During the American Civil War Phelps advanced to the rank of Lieutenant commander and served with distinction during the Mississippi River campaigns.
  • He was noted for his familiarity of the river systems in the Western theater and conducted several reconnaissance missions, discovering the presence of Confederate Fort Donelson, in Tennessee.
  • He commanded squadrons of gunboats on the Mississippi, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and played key roles in the riverboat assaults during the various battles in the during the river campaigns, often supporting Ulysses S.
  • Grant, William T.
  • Sherman and other Generals with their troop deployments on land.
  • For his service Phelps received much praise in various prominent newspapers.
  • As a young commander, Phelps was an outspoken critic of the Navy's method of promotion that favored seniority over military experience and capability.
  • As Phelps served with every flag officer and fleet commander on the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers during the Civil War, his biography provides an almost continuous account of the naval engagements that occurred in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during that war.
  • In later life Phelps was on the Board of Commissioners and was its first president, and later, U.S.
  • Minister to Peru.

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