Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh - Vicksburg National Military Park
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N 32° 22.622 W 090° 50.021
15S E 703799 N 3584291
This bust of Thomas Welsh is located south of the Pennsylvania Memorial. It is the first bust on the left as one walks towards the Pa. Memorial.
Waymark Code: WMN5C3
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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From Wikipedia:
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"Thomas Welsh (May 5, 1824–August 14, 1863) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War.

He was assigned to command the 1st division of the 9th Corps, sent west to Kentucky, then south to Mississippi to serve under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant during the Siege of Vicksburg, where he was assigned to guard the exterior of the Union line from attack by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.

Upon the surrender of Vicksburg, he marched with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman to Jackson, Mississippi, and defeated the Confederates at the battle of Jackson. Welsh contracted a malarial fever during this campaign, from which he died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 14, 1863. He was buried in Mount Bethel Cemetery in his native Columbia."

From the SIRIS website:


"Sculptor:
Perry, Roland Hinton 1870-1941

Subject:
Welsh, Thomas

Medium:
Bust: bronze; Base: white or light pink granite

Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures

Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park 3201 Clay Street, Box 349 Vicksburg Mississippi 39180
Located Vicksburg National Military Park Grant Circle at Pennsylvania Memorial Vicksburg Mississippi

Date:
Dedicated 1913

Topic:
History--United States--Civil War
Portrait male--Bust
Occupation--Military--Brigadier General

Control number:
IAS MS000273

Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7060, 1989

Summary:
A bust of Brigadier General Thomas Welsh, dressed in military uniform and wearing a mustache and beard, placed atop a two-sectioned base with plaques.

Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums"
TITLE: Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh

ARTIST(S): Sculptor: Perry, Roland Hinton 1870-1941

DATE: Dedicated 1913

MEDIUM: Bust: bronze; Base: white or light pink granite

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000273

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
3201 Clay Street Vicksburg, Ms. 39183 The Memorial is located South of the Pennsylvania Memorial on the left as one approaches the Pennsylvania Memorial.


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
none seen other than the bust could use a cleaning.


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