Thomas Welsh

He had service during the Mexican war -discharged in 1848 - and was then a merchant, canalboat owner, justice of the peace, and lock superintendent at Columbia, PA. In April 1861 he organized and recruited a company of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. In October he was appointed Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania, and in 1862 commanded the 2nd Brigade/1st Division at Charleston Harbor.

He commanded the Second Brigade of the First (Willcox's) Division of the Ninth Army Corps in Maryland.

In November 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers (appointment expired), then commanded the 45th again at Fredericksburg. He was reappointed Brigadier General in March 1863 and commanded the 1st Division/9th Corps on the Vicksburg campaign, where he contracted malaria, which killed him.

His bio and service basics from Hunt.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph at the Library of Congress.

See more about him in a brief bio from John David Hoptak.

05/05/1824; Columbia, PA

08/14/1863; Cincinnati, OH; burial in Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, PA