After beginning law school at Harvard University in 1861, Weld was appointed a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Massachusetts Infantry on 27 January 1862. He reached the rank of Captain and participated in the battles of Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg before being honorably discharged on 25 December 1863. He was twice captured by Confederate forces, and twice exchanged.
On 2 June 1864 he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the 56th Massachusetts Regiment, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on 31 May 1864. He was mustered out of the Army a second time on 12 July 1865. In 1866, he received a brevet promotion to brigadier general to rank from March 13, 1865. He was one of the initial members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the first post-war veterans' organization.
After the War, Weld became a cotton broker. The downtown Boston firm of S.M. Weld & Company prospered and opened branches in India and Japan. Weld, also an enthusiastic botanist, became president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1906.
On 2 June 1864 he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the 56th Massachusetts Regiment, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on 31 May 1864. He was mustered out of the Army a second time on 12 July 1865. In 1866, he received a brevet promotion to brigadier general to rank from March 13, 1865. He was one of the initial members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the first post-war veterans' organization.
After the War, Weld became a cotton broker. The downtown Boston firm of S.M. Weld & Company prospered and opened branches in India and Japan. Weld, also an enthusiastic botanist, became president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1906.
After beginning law school at Harvard University in 1861, Weld was appointed a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Massachusetts Infantry on 27 January 1862. He reached the rank of Captain and participated in the battles of Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg before being honorably discharged on 25 December 1863. He was twice captured by Confederate forces, and twice exchanged.
On 2 June 1864 he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the 56th Massachusetts Regiment, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on 31 May 1864. He was mustered out of the Army a second time on 12 July 1865. In 1866, he received a brevet promotion to brigadier general to rank from March 13, 1865. He was one of the initial members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the first post-war veterans' organization.
After the War, Weld became a cotton broker. The downtown Boston firm of S.M. Weld & Company prospered and opened branches in India and Japan. Weld, also an enthusiastic botanist, became president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1906.
On 2 June 1864 he was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the 56th Massachusetts Regiment, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on 31 May 1864. He was mustered out of the Army a second time on 12 July 1865. In 1866, he received a brevet promotion to brigadier general to rank from March 13, 1865. He was one of the initial members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the first post-war veterans' organization.
After the War, Weld became a cotton broker. The downtown Boston firm of S.M. Weld & Company prospered and opened branches in India and Japan. Weld, also an enthusiastic botanist, became president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1906.
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