CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JOHN J. FELPS - Cherokee County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

JOHN J. FELPS.

John J. Felps is a Tennessian by birth.  Born in Lincoln Coun­ty 
December 11, 1842, and re­moved to Texas in 1849.  En­listed in 
Company C, 3rd Texas Cavalry in June 1861. First saw service in 
Missouri, participating in the battles of Elk Horn, Ark., Oak Hills, 
Mo., and beirig trans­ferred to the Army of Tennessee was in the 
battles of Iuka, Cor­inth, Holly Springs and Jackson Miss., Thompson's 
Station Tenn. with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in the Georgia campaign, 
and with Hood at Franklin.  He was se­verely wounded in the hip at 
Iuka, was captured and made a prisoner for one month, but on his 
recovery was. again with his command to the close of the war. Major 
Feips was a gallant soldier, coming up to the standard with a full 
meas­ure. He is a prominent business man of his community, be­ing in 
the real estate business, and also a farmer.  He is a leading member 
of Jas. A. J. Barker Camp and occupies the position of Commander.  He 
is also on the staff of Gen. V. Y.	Cook, commanding the 3rd division 
of Forrest's Cavalry Corps, with the rank of major.  He is the son 
of Britton and Angeline Felps, early settlers in Cherokee County, 
Texas. He is a man of fine education and sterling worth and one of 
the foremost citizens of his home city. He served with Ross, Gen. 
Wm. H. Jackson and Forrest, doing service from start to finish.  
Post office, Jacksonville, Texas.