The son of Henry & Eve Ann (Wert) Welty, in 1860 he was a carpenter living in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a private with Company E, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861. He next enlisted in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service that same day in Harrisburg as 1st sergeant of Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant February 5, 1863, at New Berne, North Carolina, served for a time at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina (a fateful posting, as you will see below), and later detailed to Roanoke Island as ordnance officer. That latter assignment caused him to miss the battle of Plymouth in which the entire regiment was captured. He honorably discharged May 4, 1865, with no explanation as to why he discharged well past his three-year term. The usual reasons for such an event were capture, desertion, or re-enlistment, none of which is applicable here.
He married Brooklyn-born Annie L. Hughes March 1, 1864, in Plymouth, North Carolina, and fathered the children you see linked below plus Henry S. (b. 02/06/65). In 1890, he lived in Gettysburg where he died from "purulent pericarditis" with "erysipelas" a contributing factor. His surname is sometimes spelled "Weltz," as it is in both Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a private with Company E, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861. He next enlisted in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service that same day in Harrisburg as 1st sergeant of Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant February 5, 1863, at New Berne, North Carolina, served for a time at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina (a fateful posting, as you will see below), and later detailed to Roanoke Island as ordnance officer. That latter assignment caused him to miss the battle of Plymouth in which the entire regiment was captured. He honorably discharged May 4, 1865, with no explanation as to why he discharged well past his three-year term. The usual reasons for such an event were capture, desertion, or re-enlistment, none of which is applicable here.
He married Brooklyn-born Annie L. Hughes March 1, 1864, in Plymouth, North Carolina, and fathered the children you see linked below plus Henry S. (b. 02/06/65). In 1890, he lived in Gettysburg where he died from "purulent pericarditis" with "erysipelas" a contributing factor. His surname is sometimes spelled "Weltz," as it is in both Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file.
The son of Henry & Eve Ann (Wert) Welty, in 1860 he was a carpenter living in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a private with Company E, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861. He next enlisted in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service that same day in Harrisburg as 1st sergeant of Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant February 5, 1863, at New Berne, North Carolina, served for a time at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina (a fateful posting, as you will see below), and later detailed to Roanoke Island as ordnance officer. That latter assignment caused him to miss the battle of Plymouth in which the entire regiment was captured. He honorably discharged May 4, 1865, with no explanation as to why he discharged well past his three-year term. The usual reasons for such an event were capture, desertion, or re-enlistment, none of which is applicable here.
He married Brooklyn-born Annie L. Hughes March 1, 1864, in Plymouth, North Carolina, and fathered the children you see linked below plus Henry S. (b. 02/06/65). In 1890, he lived in Gettysburg where he died from "purulent pericarditis" with "erysipelas" a contributing factor. His surname is sometimes spelled "Weltz," as it is in both Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a private with Company E, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861. He next enlisted in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service that same day in Harrisburg as 1st sergeant of Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant February 5, 1863, at New Berne, North Carolina, served for a time at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina (a fateful posting, as you will see below), and later detailed to Roanoke Island as ordnance officer. That latter assignment caused him to miss the battle of Plymouth in which the entire regiment was captured. He honorably discharged May 4, 1865, with no explanation as to why he discharged well past his three-year term. The usual reasons for such an event were capture, desertion, or re-enlistment, none of which is applicable here.
He married Brooklyn-born Annie L. Hughes March 1, 1864, in Plymouth, North Carolina, and fathered the children you see linked below plus Henry S. (b. 02/06/65). In 1890, he lived in Gettysburg where he died from "purulent pericarditis" with "erysipelas" a contributing factor. His surname is sometimes spelled "Weltz," as it is in both Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file.
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