Col Tilghman H Good 1830-1887, was the commanding officer of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, from the time of its muster on September 20, 1861 until his discharge from the service on September 24, 1864. This lithograph appeared in Mathews' and Hungerford's 1884 History of Lehigh and Carbon Counties. Previously, he had commanded the Allen Rifles, one of Allentown's three militia companies at the outbreak of the Civil War.