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Note: In 1860 Union Co., AR with son John W. (1854) & a boy Hansford (1852). I'm not sure who this boy is. If he were a son he would have been listed above John. He is not J.H. Welch, son of James' bro D.P.
Next door to Jefferson Cole & James' sister Hulda Welch Cole. James is a laborer on their farm.
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UNKNOWN WHO THIS JAMES M. WELCH IS?????????
Welch, James M
PrivateEnlisted in Co. A, 1st Arkansas Infantry, at El Dorado, Arkansas, May 2, 1861; discharged; enlisted in Co. C, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion, at El Dorado, Arkansas, September 23, 1861; present, October 31, 1861; present, sick in camp, December 31, 1861; present, February 28, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, July 18, 1862; discharged for disability at Camp Lee, Virginia, July 23, 1862; born in Copiah county, Mississippi, c1835; died in Arkansas in 1899; filed Arkansas pension application #1448 from Union county, August 22, 1893; listed in Union county 1860 census with wife M. J.; occupation overseer.
Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion, CSA
Company CFagan Rifles
Organized at El Dorado, Union county, Arkansas, September 23, 1861, by Captain John R. Lacy.Company composed mainly of men from Union county.
The following roster is compiled from the three surviving company muster rolls: October 11-31, 1861, at Camp Holmes, Evansport; November 1 to December 31, at Camp Holmes; and January 1 to February 28, 1862, at Evansport. Additional military and biographical information has been included to aid researchers. Most of the soldiers marked, no further record, are presumed to have been killed at the Battle of Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862.
Third Arkansas Regiment Infantry, CSA
Company G-"Three Creeks Rifles"
This company of volunteers, calling themselves the "Three Creeks Rifles," was organized at Three Creeks, Union county, Arkansas, June 20, 1861, by Captain John W. Reedy. The company was composed of men from Union county and neighboring Columbia county, Arkansas. It traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, as Company G, July 1861. On July 18, 1862, eighteen members of disbanded Company C, Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion-also from Union county-were assigned to this company. During its four years of service, 127 men served in Company G. Only 23 of them remained when the company was surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Their paroles were signed on April 12, 1865, and they were released to go home.
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