Frederick Salomon was born to a Jewish family 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 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
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. He was mustered out of service on August 24, 1865. For several years, he was surveyor general of
Utah Territory, He was the brother of
Edward Salomon, a Civil War-era
governor of Wisconsin. Salomon was also the brother of
Charles Eberhard Salomon, who became a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army. ==See also==