Letter, January 16, 1869.

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Letter, January 16, 1869.

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Letter from Salomon to William E. Strong of Chicago concerning publication of a speech Salomon had made at a soldiers' reunion.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Salomon, Edward, 1828-1909

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Edward Salomon (August 11, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was a Jewish American politician and lawyer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the eighth Governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the Lieutenant Governorship. He was the first Jewish Governor of Wisconsin. Born in Ströbeck, in the Province of Saxony, in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia, he attended the University of Berlin before fleeing the country in 1849, immigrating to the United States and settling in Manito...

Strong, William Emerson, 1840-1891

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Civil war soldier who helped raise the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry in April 1861, was later assigned to duty with General William B. McPherson, and served at the Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's march to the sea, breveted Brigadier General in 1865. Friends with Captain Andrew Hickenlooper, chief of artillery, of the Army of the Tennessee, whom he calls "my hero". After McPherson's death, General Howard took over as commander of the Army of the Tennessee and Strong served as his ...