Military: CWR: Walter, Jacob Robert of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Walter, Jacob Robert

* Born Aug. 20, 1835 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died 1904 
* Buried in Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* 1st Lieutenant in Captain Harry G. Elder's Co. C 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
commanded by H. N. (Warren?) 
* Enrolled Aug. 12, 1862 to serve 3 years or the duration 
* Mustered in Aug. 27, 1862 as 2nd Lieutenant  
* Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant Feb. 22, 1863 
* Commissioned Captain; not mustered 
* Wounded July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa. 
* Wounded at Petersburg, Va. 
* Discharged May 29, 1865 at or near Washington, D. C. by reason of General 
Order #26 Headquarters A of P May 17, 1865 
* Served Aug. 12, 1862 - May 29, 1865 - 33 month 17 days 
* Age 25 
* Height - 5'8"; Hair - Dark; Complexion - Dark; Eyes - Grey 
* Occupation - Merchant 
* Paid in full June 17, 1865 
* Filed Oath of Identity Feb. 9, 1874 while a resident of the town of (K?) 
* Invalid Pension: Applied May 21, 1880, Application #366040, Certificate 
#265619; Widow Pension: Application #821051, Certificate #592201

SOURCE:
* Somerset Past Vol. 9 No. 2 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Visual inspection of stone [Stone lists rank as Captain] 
* Meyersdale Commercial Jan. 1905 
* Obituary 
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists death as Jan. 1905 and rank as Captain] 
* Somerset Herald Jan. 18, 1905 [Lists name as Robert J.] 
* Laurel Messenger Nov. 2002 [Lists name as Robert J.] 
* Muster Roster Co. C 
* Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 [Lists name as J. Robert] 
* Meyersdale Republican Jan. 19. 1905 [Lists name as Walters and death as Jan. 
15, 1905] 
* Veterans Card File 
* Footnote.com [Lists year of death as 1905]