York Civil War Roundtable

The next York Civil War Roundtable will be September 16.

Speaker  –  Terrence W. Beltz

Program  –  York County in the Civil War – The 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Program Summary  –  The author is a great-grandson of a 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry York County soldier. He takes the audience along with him following in the footsteps of the regiment’s men through their voices which are historically recorded in their personal diaries, letters and memoirs. This often overlooked regiment endured Antietam’s “Bloody Lane”, Fredericksburg’s “Stone Wall” and held the Union line during the Battle of Chancellorsville. The presentation concludes with post war biographical information about many of the soldiers.

Biography  –  Terrence W. Beltz, born in Canton, Ohio, a resident of Earlysville, Virginia, completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Bowling Green State University in 1972 and his Master of Arts (History) at the University of Richmond in 2004. He retired from the Virginia Housing Development Authority in Richmond, Virginia and is a retired U.S. Army Colonel with an ardent interest in 19th Century American history, particularly the Civil War. He is the paternal great-grandson of Private William H. Seifert, who served in Company C of the regiment. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ( SUVCW). In his spare time, he works on family genealogy and is a volunteer with

“Find-A-Grave”. He is married to Patricia Beville Beltz, together they have two daughters.