John E. Phelps

John Elisha Phelps (April 6, 1839 - September 17, 1921) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

John Elisha Phelps was born at Springfield, Missouri on April 6, 1839. He was a grocer and cattle trader before the Civil War. Phelps served as commander of Brigade 1 of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of West Mississippi from April 1865 to June 17, 1865; commander of Brigade 2 of the Cavalry Corps of the Military District of West Mississippi from June 17, 1865 to July 14, 1865 and of the Cavalry Division of the Military District of West Mississippi from July 14, 1865 until he was mustered out of the volunteer service.

After the war, Phelps became a farmer and a miner. He later moved to Tacoma, Washington. John Elisha Phelps died at Pasadena, California on September 17, 1921. He was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery with a military marker that reads the surname of "Phels". He has a cenotaph marker in Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri.