James Phelan, Sr. was a senator in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Mississippi. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He became a member of the Mississippi state senate in 1860, then was elected as a Senator from Mississippi in the First Confederate Congress 1862–64. He was interred in Aberdeen, Mississippi, following his death at the age of 51. His son, James Phelan, Jr., became a congressman.
February 23, 1864. At the president's. General Lee breakfasted there. A man named Phelan told him all he ought to do, planned a campaign for him. General Lee smiling blandly the while, though he did permit himself a mild sneer at the wise civilians in Congress who refrained from trying the battlefield in person but from afar dictated the movements of armies.
Mary Chesnut's Civil War, ed. C. Vann Woodward (19810, p. 573.
February 23, 1864. At the president's. General Lee breakfasted there. A man named Phelan told him all he ought to do, planned a campaign for him. General Lee smiling blandly the while, though he did permit himself a mild sneer at the wise civilians in Congress who refrained from trying the battlefield in person but from afar dictated the movements of armies.
Mary Chesnut's Civil War, ed. C. Vann Woodward (19810, p. 573.
James Phelan, Sr. was a senator in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Mississippi. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He became a member of the Mississippi state senate in 1860, then was elected as a Senator from Mississippi in the First Confederate Congress 1862–64. He was interred in Aberdeen, Mississippi, following his death at the age of 51. His son, James Phelan, Jr., became a congressman.
February 23, 1864. At the president's. General Lee breakfasted there. A man named Phelan told him all he ought to do, planned a campaign for him. General Lee smiling blandly the while, though he did permit himself a mild sneer at the wise civilians in Congress who refrained from trying the battlefield in person but from afar dictated the movements of armies.
Mary Chesnut's Civil War, ed. C. Vann Woodward (19810, p. 573.
February 23, 1864. At the president's. General Lee breakfasted there. A man named Phelan told him all he ought to do, planned a campaign for him. General Lee smiling blandly the while, though he did permit himself a mild sneer at the wise civilians in Congress who refrained from trying the battlefield in person but from afar dictated the movements of armies.
Mary Chesnut's Civil War, ed. C. Vann Woodward (19810, p. 573.
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