Person:Henry Welsh (13)

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Henry Welsh
d.21 Nov 1862 Washington, D.C.
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Name Henry Welsh
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1826 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth _____
Death[2] 21 Nov 1862 Washington, D.C.
Burial[4] Seven Pines National Cemetery, Henrico County Virginia.

Henry mustered into the Union Army as a Private in Company G, 149th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 26 August 1862. He was wounded and died at a military hospital in Washington, D.C. Two of his five orphaned children were admitted to White Hall Soldier's Orphan School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (East Pennsboro at that time).

References
  1. Welsh, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    NARA microfilm M653, 1,438 rolls, 1860.

    List of family members, residence, ages. Roll:M653_1201; Page: 914; IMage:461; Family History Library Film: 805201. Ancestry.com operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. Original data: 1860 U.SS. Census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653,1,438 Rolls. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

  2. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, in U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 [database on-line].
    Record group 94, 1780's - 1917.

    HS Welch, death date 21 Nov 1862; St.Alerypries G H, Washington, D.C. Private, Company J (error) 149 Pa Inf. Box # 53.

  3.   Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates: Making of America Books. (On-line resource)
    Page 637, 1827-1902.

    Lists of Pennsylvania Volunteers, where they fought, mustered out, deaths, disabilities.

  4. U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960, in National Archives and Records Administration; Burial Registers of Military Posts and National Cemeteries, compiled ca. 1862-ca. 1960
    Archive #: 44778151; Series: A1 627; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group #: 92., 1862.

    Burial Ledgers. The National Cemetery Administration, Washington, D.C. Gathered from Ancestry.com. Grave site #5187.