Frederick (''Friedrich'') Charles Salomon (April 7, 1826March 8, 1897) was a

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immigrant to the

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who served as a

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officer and general during the

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. He was an elder brother of the Civil War-era Wisconsin Governor

Edward Salomon Edward Salomon (August 11, 1828April 21, 1909) was a Jewish American politician and the 8th Governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the Lieutenant Governorship after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey. ...

Biography

Frederick Salomon was born to a Jewish family in

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near

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. After attending a gymnasium, he became a government surveyor, later a lieutenant of artillery, and in 1848 a pupil in the Berlin School of Architecture. Soon afterward, he emigrated to the

, where he settled in

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, as a surveyor. For four years, he was county register of deeds, and 1857-1859 he was the chief engineer with the Manitowoc and Wisconsin Railroad. In 1861 he joined the Missouri 5th Infantry as captain under Gen.

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and was present at Wilson's Creek. After three months of service, he was appointed

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of the

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, and joined the "Indian Expedition" into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). He forcibly removed and arrested the commander of the expedition, Col.

William Weer William Weer (''a.k.a.'' William A. Weer and William WeirEicher p. 558) was a lawyer, attorney general for Kansas and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is notable for his service in the Trans-Mississippi Theater earl ...

, due to drunkenness. Salomon was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on July 18, 1862, to rank from July 16, 1862, which was the date of confirmation of his appointment by the United States Senate.. On September 30, 1862, he made an unsuccessful attempt to capture

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, during the

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. He commanded a division under Benjamin M. Prentiss of the victorious Union troops at the

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, Arkansas. He was mustered out of service on August 24, 1865. On January 13, 1866

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Andrew Johnson nominated Salomon for appointment to the grade of brevet

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of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 and the

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confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. For several years, he was surveyor general of

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, where he died in

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and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery there. His grave can be found in Section E, Lot 7, Grave 7. He was the brother of

, a Civil War-era governor of Wisconsin. Salomon was also the brother of

Charles Eberhard Salomon Charles Eberhard Salomon (June 24, 1824January 9, 1881) was a German American immigrant, surveyor, and civil engineer. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and received an honorary brevet to brigadier general af ...

, who became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.Eicher, 2001, p. 756.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salomon, Frederick C. 1826 births 1897 deaths People from Halberstadt People from the Province of Saxony Prussian emigrants to the United States German-American Forty-Eighters American people of German-Jewish descent People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War Military personnel from Wisconsin Union Army generals People from Manitowoc, Wisconsin Prussian Army personnel

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