Colonel Henry Keteltas, (USA)

Colonel Henry Keteltas (USA)

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Civil War veteran who served in Company F, Seventy-first Regiment, took part in the first battle of Bull Run. He later was made a Captain in the Fifteenth United States Infantry and served in the Campaign of the Army of the Ohio. He also was in command of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, and Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama. He was brevetted as Major for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Shiloh and Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious service at the Battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.

Colonel Henry Keteltas, who died at his home, No. 37 St Mark's Place, on Saturday afternoon, was a well-known Veteran of the War of the Rebellion.

The founder of this family in this country, Jan Evartson Keteltas, came to what was then New-Amsterdam from Holland in 1649.

His descendants have been identified with the civil and military history of the State, and were among the founders of the Historical Society and the New York Society Library.

Colonel Keteltas was born in this city in 1838 and was the eldest son of Eugene Keteltas. He received his education in Columbia College, and after being graduated from that institution, travelled extensively in Europe, returning in time to take an active part in the Civil War.

At the first Battle of Bull Run, he served as a Private soldier in the ranks of Company F, 71st Regiment, National Guard. On August 5, 1861, he was appointed Captain in the 15th U.S. Infantry, and he served with distinction in the Ohio Campaign. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, but was able to return to duty within three months, and was present at all the engagements of the Army of the Cumberland to April 18, 1864, when he was assigned to duty at the War Department, Washington, on the staff of Major-General James B Fry, Provost-Marshal-General. He was afterward in command of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, and Mount Vernon Arsenal Alabama. He resigned from the Army on June 17, 1867, with brevets as Major for gallant and meritorious conduct at the Battle of Shiloh, and Lt-Col for gallant and meritorious conduct at the Battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge.

Soon afterward, he started on a tour around the world, and visited the camps of the German and French armies on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War. He was much impressed by the demoralization of the French and prophesied their defeat. His last illness was a long and painful one, and was aggravated by the wound that he received at Shiloh.

He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, George Washington Post, G.A.R.; the St Nicholas Society, the Holland Society and the Union League Club.

His mother was a Miss Gardiner, and he inherited a valuable estate in this city.

Colonel Keteltas leaves two brothers and two sisters. One of his sisters is the wife of U.S. Senator George Peabody Wetmore, of Rhode Island.
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Name Henry Keteltas
Birth Place New York
Enlistment Date 3 May 1861
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 3 May 1861
Muster Place New York
Muster Regiment 71st SM Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Rank Change Date 5 Aug 1861
Rank Change Rank Capt
Rank Change Information As of 15th US Army Infantry
Muster Out Date 31 Jul 1861
Muster Out Place New York, New York
Muster Out Information Mustered Out
Side of War Union
Survived War? Yes
Was Officer? Yes
Death Date 23 May 1896
Additional Notes 2 Muster 2 Date: 05 Aug 1861; Muster 2 Unit: 2450; Muster 2 Regiment: Regular Army 15th Infantry; Muster 2 Regiment Type: Infantry; Muster 2 Information: Commission; Rank Change 2 Date: 07 Apr 1862; Rank Change 2 Rank: Major; Rank Change 2 Information: Shiloh, TN; Rank Change 3 Date: 25 Nov 1863; Rank Change 3 Rank: Lieutenant Colonel; Rank Change 3 Information: Chickamauga, GA; MusterOut 2 Date: 17 Jun 1867; MusterOut 2 Information: Resigned;
Title Index to Compiled Military Service Records; Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903