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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"