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.