Enlisted in Co. F, 12th Missouri Cavalry on 11 December 1863 in Jefferson City, Mo. Later transferred to Co. K.
Died of disease on the Steamer R.S. Ward.
Silas helped his brother, Jacob Capps, organize and was a First Lt. of Company H, Hickory Battalion, Osage Valley Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War. He was later replaced in that position by Wm. Carroll Brumley.
Silas enlisted in the federal service on December 11, 1863 in Jefferson City. He must have used some of his political savvy because at the age of 45 years, he was over the age for enlistment.
Most of his federal service was spent in various military hospitals and he died of acute diarrhea on January 7, 1865 aboard the steamer R.C. WOODS which was being used as a U.S. Army general hospital at St. Louis.
From Miller County, Missouri.....
in the 1850 census lived Silas Capps and his wife, Julia Ann (Brumley) Capps in Osage Township. Silas Capps and Julia had quite a few children over the years.
He was born c1818 in Tennessee and she was born c1820 in Missouri. Silas Capps was killed in the Civil War and is buried in a National Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana. His widow, Julia Ann, remained in Miller Co and died here in the early 1900s. All of their children married and live in Miller County also.
Parents: Benjamin and Zilpah Haynes Capps
Died of disease on the Steamer R.S. Ward.
Silas helped his brother, Jacob Capps, organize and was a First Lt. of Company H, Hickory Battalion, Osage Valley Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War. He was later replaced in that position by Wm. Carroll Brumley.
Silas enlisted in the federal service on December 11, 1863 in Jefferson City. He must have used some of his political savvy because at the age of 45 years, he was over the age for enlistment.
Most of his federal service was spent in various military hospitals and he died of acute diarrhea on January 7, 1865 aboard the steamer R.C. WOODS which was being used as a U.S. Army general hospital at St. Louis.
From Miller County, Missouri.....
in the 1850 census lived Silas Capps and his wife, Julia Ann (Brumley) Capps in Osage Township. Silas Capps and Julia had quite a few children over the years.
He was born c1818 in Tennessee and she was born c1820 in Missouri. Silas Capps was killed in the Civil War and is buried in a National Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana. His widow, Julia Ann, remained in Miller Co and died here in the early 1900s. All of their children married and live in Miller County also.
Parents: Benjamin and Zilpah Haynes Capps
Enlisted in Co. F, 12th Missouri Cavalry on 11 December 1863 in Jefferson City, Mo. Later transferred to Co. K.
Died of disease on the Steamer R.S. Ward.
Silas helped his brother, Jacob Capps, organize and was a First Lt. of Company H, Hickory Battalion, Osage Valley Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War. He was later replaced in that position by Wm. Carroll Brumley.
Silas enlisted in the federal service on December 11, 1863 in Jefferson City. He must have used some of his political savvy because at the age of 45 years, he was over the age for enlistment.
Most of his federal service was spent in various military hospitals and he died of acute diarrhea on January 7, 1865 aboard the steamer R.C. WOODS which was being used as a U.S. Army general hospital at St. Louis.
From Miller County, Missouri.....
in the 1850 census lived Silas Capps and his wife, Julia Ann (Brumley) Capps in Osage Township. Silas Capps and Julia had quite a few children over the years.
He was born c1818 in Tennessee and she was born c1820 in Missouri. Silas Capps was killed in the Civil War and is buried in a National Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana. His widow, Julia Ann, remained in Miller Co and died here in the early 1900s. All of their children married and live in Miller County also.
Parents: Benjamin and Zilpah Haynes Capps
Died of disease on the Steamer R.S. Ward.
Silas helped his brother, Jacob Capps, organize and was a First Lt. of Company H, Hickory Battalion, Osage Valley Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards during the early days of the Civil War. He was later replaced in that position by Wm. Carroll Brumley.
Silas enlisted in the federal service on December 11, 1863 in Jefferson City. He must have used some of his political savvy because at the age of 45 years, he was over the age for enlistment.
Most of his federal service was spent in various military hospitals and he died of acute diarrhea on January 7, 1865 aboard the steamer R.C. WOODS which was being used as a U.S. Army general hospital at St. Louis.
From Miller County, Missouri.....
in the 1850 census lived Silas Capps and his wife, Julia Ann (Brumley) Capps in Osage Township. Silas Capps and Julia had quite a few children over the years.
He was born c1818 in Tennessee and she was born c1820 in Missouri. Silas Capps was killed in the Civil War and is buried in a National Cemetery in New Albany, Indiana. His widow, Julia Ann, remained in Miller Co and died here in the early 1900s. All of their children married and live in Miller County also.
Parents: Benjamin and Zilpah Haynes Capps
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