Col. Henry Keteltas (1838-1896)
Civil War Veteran, of 37 St. Mark's Place, New York City; died unmarried
He was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia College, after which he travelled extensively in Europe, returning to take an active part in the Civil War. He joined Company F, 71st Regiment of the National Guard and took part in the first Battle of Bull Run (July, 1861). On August 5, 1861, he was appointed Captain in the 15th U.S. Infantry, and served with distinction in the Ohio Campaign. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, but returned to duty within three months, and was present at all the engagements of the Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864, when he was assigned to duty at the War Department in Washington D.C., on the staff of Major-General James B. Fry. He was then placed in command of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, and the Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama. He resigned from the army in 1867, brevetted as a Major for gallant and meritorious conduct at the Battle of Shiloh, and as a Lt-Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct at the Battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge.
On retiring, he left for a tour around the world, and in 1870 he visited the camps of the German and French armies on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War. He was struck by the lack of morale among the French troops, and prophesied their defeat. His last illness was a long and painful one, aggravated by the wound 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. He died unmarried at the house in which he grew up and lived at with his other unmarried siblings, 37 St. Mark's Place.
On retiring, he left for a tour around the world, and in 1870 he visited the camps of the German and French armies on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War. He was struck by the lack of morale among the French troops, and prophesied their defeat. His last illness was a long and painful one, aggravated by the wound 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. He died unmarried at the house in which he grew up and lived at with his other unmarried siblings, 37 St. Mark's Place.
