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Documents 205 had built a mill at Menasha and planned great things in making flour and shipping it by boat to Buffalo without re-handling. In the spring I gave up my place and visited my brother at Menasha. He had built a mill a mile from water and must wait the completion of a canal from Lake Winnebago to Lake Buttemore [Butte des Morts]. My vision was prophetic. My brother was.dead before the milling business was begun. (To be continued) CIVIL WAR DIARY OF HERMAN SALOMON1 Herman Salomon was born in Halberstadt, Prussia, January 1, 1834. He emigrated to Manitowoc in 1853, whither his brothers had preceded him. His parents followed two years later. He was a cabinet maker and conducted a furniture store in Manitowoc for several years, later removing to St. Louis. There he was employed in the United States arsenal at the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted in Company I, First Regiment Missouri Engineers, for three years, then reënlisted and served until the end of the war. At its close he returned to Manitowoc to take care of his aged parents, who celebrated their golden wedding in 1869 and died within three years thereafter. At Manitowoc he married and continued at his trade as long as his health permitted. He died September 21, 1881, leaving a widow and four children; two of his daughters now occupy the old homestead. The hardships of war had sapped his strength and for several years prior to his death he was an invalid. He was of a modest, retiring disposition, but intensely patriotic. He declined a commission offered him by his brother, Governor Edward Salomon, because he did not deem himself qualified. At the close of his three years' enlistment he wrote his aged parents: "Forgive me for not returning home, as you request; but it is my sacred duty to fight for the Union as long as it is in danger." Emil Baensch 1 Translated from the original German by Miss A. B. Ernst, of the University of Wisconsin.
Object Description
Title | Civil War diary of Herman Salomon |
Source Title | Civil War diary of Herman Salomon |
Author/Creator | Salomon, Herman |
Description | The Civil War Diary of Herman Salomon: The author (1834-1881) was a German cabinet-maker who came to Manitowoc in 1853, and was the brother of Gov. Edward Salomon (1828-1909). His diary is terse and lacks much descriptive detail, being composed for the most part of short, mundane notes. Entries from 1861-1862 are especially sparse; the 1863 entries concern building bridges in Mississippi, the battle of Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg; the 1864 entries are scattered and concern weather, pay, and routines of daily life in camp. |
Subcollection | Diaries |
Source | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 10, number 2, December 1926 |
Source Type | diary |
Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
Source Creation Date | 1926-1927 |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | vol10no020091 |
Type | Text |
Description
Title | 205 |
Source Title | Civil War diary of Herman Salomon |
Regiment | 1st Infantry, Missouri Engineers |
People | Salomon, Herman |
Author/Creator | Salomon, Herman |
Source Type | diary |
Source Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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Full text | Documents 205 had built a mill at Menasha and planned great things in making flour and shipping it by boat to Buffalo without re-handling. In the spring I gave up my place and visited my brother at Menasha. He had built a mill a mile from water and must wait the completion of a canal from Lake Winnebago to Lake Buttemore [Butte des Morts]. My vision was prophetic. My brother was.dead before the milling business was begun. (To be continued) CIVIL WAR DIARY OF HERMAN SALOMON1 Herman Salomon was born in Halberstadt, Prussia, January 1, 1834. He emigrated to Manitowoc in 1853, whither his brothers had preceded him. His parents followed two years later. He was a cabinet maker and conducted a furniture store in Manitowoc for several years, later removing to St. Louis. There he was employed in the United States arsenal at the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted in Company I, First Regiment Missouri Engineers, for three years, then reënlisted and served until the end of the war. At its close he returned to Manitowoc to take care of his aged parents, who celebrated their golden wedding in 1869 and died within three years thereafter. At Manitowoc he married and continued at his trade as long as his health permitted. He died September 21, 1881, leaving a widow and four children; two of his daughters now occupy the old homestead. The hardships of war had sapped his strength and for several years prior to his death he was an invalid. He was of a modest, retiring disposition, but intensely patriotic. He declined a commission offered him by his brother, Governor Edward Salomon, because he did not deem himself qualified. At the close of his three years' enlistment he wrote his aged parents: "Forgive me for not returning home, as you request; but it is my sacred duty to fight for the Union as long as it is in danger." Emil Baensch 1 Translated from the original German by Miss A. B. Ernst, of the University of Wisconsin. |
Digital Identifier | vol10no020091 |
Type | Text |