Israel Victor Welch | |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Birth Place: | St. Stephens, Alabama, U.S. |
Birth Date: | January 20, 1822 |
Death Date: | May 18, 1869 (aged 47) |
Office: | Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States |
Termstart: | 1862 |
Termend: | 1865 |
Death Place: | Macon, Mississippi, U.S. |
Office2: | Member of the Mississippi Legislature |
Term2: | 1858 |
Israel Victor Welch (January 20, 1822 – May 18, 1869) was an American politician and lawyer during the American Civil War. He served as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.
Welch was born in St. Stephens, Washington County, Alabama, and later moved to Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi Legislature in 1858 was a soldier in the Confederate States Army. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865.[1]
After the end of the Civil War, Welch returned to Macon, Mississippi to practice law. Welch died in Macon on May 18, 1869.[2]