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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.

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  • Seth Ledyard Phelps (* 31. Januar 1824 in Chardon, Ohio; † 24. Juni 1885 in Lima, Peru) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Diplomat. In den Jahren 1878 und 1879 war er als Vorsitzender des Board of Commissioners Bürgermeister der Bundeshauptstadt Washington, D.C. (de)
  • 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 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. (en)
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  • Map of the Red River Campaign (en)
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  • Battle map of Fort Donelson depicting troop movements (en)
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  • * Mexican–American War ** Siege of Vera Cruz * American Civil War ** Battle of Fort Donelson ** Battle of Island Number Ten ** Fort Pillow naval battle ** Battle of Memphis ** Battle of Vicksburg ** Red River campaign (en)
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  • 1824-01-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Parkman, Ohio, U.S. (en)
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  • Seth L. Phelps (en)
  • Map showing Fort Donelson and surrounding area during capture (en)
  • Mississippi River Squadron on the Red River, the largest fleet ever assembled in North America at that time. ---- (en)
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  • Seth Ledyard Phelps (* 31. Januar 1824 in Chardon, Ohio; † 24. Juni 1885 in Lima, Peru) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Diplomat. In den Jahren 1878 und 1879 war er als Vorsitzender des Board of Commissioners Bürgermeister der Bundeshauptstadt Washington, D.C. (de)
  • 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. (en)
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