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Years of service
  
1861 – 1865

Rank
  
Brevet Major General

Name
  
Frederick Salomon


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Born
  
April 7, 1826 Strobeck, Saxony (
1826-04-07
)

Place of burial
  
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah

Allegiance
  
United States of America Union

Battles/wars
  
American Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek First Battle of Newtonia Battle of Helena Battle of Elkin's Ferry Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

Died
  
March 8, 1897, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Commands held
  
9th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Battles and wars
  
American Civil War, Battle of Wilson's Creek

Service/branch
  
United States Army, Union Army

Frederick (Friedrich) C. Salomon (April 7, 1826 – March 8, 1897) was a German immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.

Biography

He was born in Ströbeck near Halberstadt, Prussia. 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 United States, where he settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 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. Franz Sigel and was present at Wilson's Creek. After three months of service, he was appointed colonel of the 9th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and joined the "Indian Expedition" into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). He forcibly removed and arrested the commander of the expedition, Col. William Weer, due to drunkenness.

Salomon was made a brigadier general June 16, 1862. On September 30, 1862, he made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Newtonia, Missouri, during the First Battle of Newtonia. He commanded a division under Benjamin M. Prentiss of the victorious Union troops at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. In March 1865 he received the brevet of major general and was mustered out of service on August 25, 1865.

For several years, he was surveyor general of Utah Territory, where he died in Salt Lake City 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 Edward Salomon, a Civil War-era governor of Wisconsin. Salomon was also the brother of Charles Eberhard Salomon, who also became a general in the Union Army.

References

Frederick C. Salomon Wikipedia