One E. J. D. Phelps was in Shea's 4th Texas Artillery Battalion.
Go to:
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Click on "Confererate" ... "Texas" then type in "Phelps" but leave the first name blank. Scan down to see:
E. J. D.
J. D.
J.
D.
Enoch
Joseph
Downing
etc., keep in mind that the names were sometimes reversed.
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