Thomas Welsh Symposium held Saturday at CHiPS

Re-enactor Glenn Bachert portrayed Captain Henry A. Haines at the seventh annual symposium on Columbia native son Union General Thomas Welsh and the 45th Regiment.  (Haines was from Maytown and served under Welsh in the 45th.)  The event, sponsored by the Columbia Historic Preservation Society (CHiPS) and the Columbia Public Library, was conducted by Rick Wiggins on Saturday at the CHiPS building on Second Street.   The event also featured presentations by authors John Mulcahy, Mike Coker, and Tim Ware.

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