The Walts Page

Submitter Information	Civil War Ancestor Information
Walts, Dennis Shelby 6003 Scotswood Ct Boulder, Colorado 80301 United States Email Address: dwalts@concentric.net	Walts, James Henry Branch of Service: Army-Infantry Company/Regiment: Co D, 53rd Ind Inf Starting Rank: Private Date of Discharge: Aug 16, 1864 Reason for Discharge: Killed in Action

I am a member of the following:

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp unknown

Lineage from Dennis Walts to James Walts


1	James Henry Walts		Relationship:	Uncle
	Birth Date:	Aug 16, 1841	Birth Location:	Georgetown, In
	Death Date:	Aug 16, 1864	Death Location:	Atlanta, Ga

2	Shelby Walts		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	Jun 29, 1876	Birth Location:	Georgetown, In
	Death Date:	Mar 20, 1953	Death Location:	Georgetown, In

3	Glenn Stewart Walts		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	Aug 14, 1921	Birth Location:	Georgetown, In
	Death Date:		Death Location:

4	Dennis Shelby Walts		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	Jun 6, 1944	Birth Location:	Georgetown, In
	Death Date:		Death Location:

Additional Biographical Information

My great-great-grandfather, George W. Walts of Georgetown, Indiana, lost 3 sons, a son-in-law, a brother, and 2 brothers-in-law to the Civil War. These 7 soldiers were members of the 23rd, 53rd, and 81st Regiments of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Three were killed in battle and 4 died from disease. I have written a book which traces their life in the war. One soldier, James Henry Walts, spent his entire career with Gen.Sherman until he was killed in the Battle of Atlanta near the place and time of Gen. McPherson's death. The others died at Murfreesboro, Nashville, Chickamauga, near Vicksburg, and near Chattanooga. While I am not directly descended from any of them (five of them had no descendants) I am the closest living relative that most of these soldiers now have; 4 of them were named Walts. I have made it my mission that they shall not be forgotten. - Dennis S. Walts