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Acton Memorial Library |
Civil War Records of Oscar B. Phelps
Service
| Co. | Regiment/Ship | From | To | Residence | Occupation | Notes |
| G | 57th MVI | Private; enl. Feb, 25, 1864; must. March 10, 1864 | must out. July 30, 1865 | Leominster | teamster | age 23; wounded May 6, 1864, Wilderness, Va.; prisoner March 25, 1865, Ft. Stedman, Va.; exchanged March 29, 1865 See also: Wilkinson, pp. 551-552. |
Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x
Pension
| Co. | Regiment | Date Filed | Type | App. No. | Cert. No. | State | Beneficiary/Remarks |
| G | 57th MVI | July 26, 1890 | Invalid | 885 697 | 1 015 296 | Mass. |
Grand Army of the Republic
Recorded as member no. 123 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1).
Fifteen members of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R. in front of the Telephone Office Building, West Acton, on May 30, 1924 (photograph, Acton Memorial Library archives 24.1.1)
Death
| Date | October 8, 1925 |
| Place | Soldiers Home, Chelsea, Mass. |
| Age | 84 |
| Cause | pneumonia |
| Obituary | Maynard News, October 19, 1925 |
| Funeral | |
| Burial | Glenwood Cemetery, Maynard, Mass. |
| Survived by |
Additional Information
Peggy Jo Brown. Hometown Soldiers: Civil War Veterans of Assabet Village & Maynard Massachusetts. Maynard, Mass.: Flying Heron Press, 2005. 169-173.
Warren Wilkinson. Mother, May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen: The Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers in the Army of the Potomac, 1864-1865. Harper & Row, 1990. 551-552.
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