WELSH, Thomas

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 5 1824, Columbia PA

Died: August 14 1863, Cincinnati OH

Pre-War Profession: Businessman, Mexican war, discharged 1848, merchant, canalboat owner, justice of the peace and lock superintendent at Columbia.

War Service: April 1861 recruited a company of 11th Pennsylvania - Lt. Col., October 1861 Col. of 45th Pennsylvania, 1862 commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn at Charleston Harbor, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/IX Corps at South Mountain, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - appointment expired, commanded regiment at Fredericksburg, reappointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers March 1863, command 1st Divn/IX Corps in Vicksburg campaign

Post War: Welsh contracted a malarial fever during this campaign, from which he died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 14, 1863