Anderson K. Belt
Name: Anderson K. Belt
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 21st PA Cav., 182nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/01/1864
Company: B
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlistment credited to Adams Co., Franklin Twp.; Listed age as 15 in one hospital and 16 in another; Discharge: S. O. No. 14 par. 3 of 1865 A.G.O. on the ground of minority, age 16, and upon condition of refunding any bounty rec. 2/1/1865; Weldon Rail Road in thigh 8/21/1864; Third Div. Hosp. Alexandria, Va. 08-28-1864 gun shot wound of upper third right thigh "with injury to penis"; Judiciary Sq. Gen. Hosp. Washington, D.C. 09-10-1864 gun shot wound right thigh "flesh wound"
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
