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joined the 24th Illinois In-
fantry as second lieutenant.
In the War between the
General proficiency and gal-
States, - Jews enlisted on both
lant conduct raised him to
sides.
the rank of major as early
In the Confederacy, Judah P.
as 1862. Disagreements in the
Benjamin served in the Cabinet
regiment caused Solomon and
of Jefferson Davis as Attorney
other officers to resign and
General, then as Secretary of
organize the 82nd Illinois In-
War and, when Richmond fell,
fantry, which he later com-
he held the high office of Sec-
manded.
He took part in the action
at Chancellorsville and his be-
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havior during the three-day
Battle of Gettysburg was such
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that 1VIajor General Carl Schurz,
in a dispatch to Gen. Howard,
commander of the 11th Corps,
mentions "Lieut. Col. Solomon,
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of the 82nd Illinois, who dis-
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played the highest order of
coolness and dete
cumstances.
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en. Joseph Hooker recom-
mended a Colonel's commissio.
for Lt. Col. Edward lomon ,
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Coast. He served four years.
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of the people for his admin-
istration.
In a conversation with Simon
Wolf, General Carl Schurz,
later U. S. Senator from Mis-
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souri, said of Edward S. Solo-
mon: "He was the only soldier
at Gettysburg who did not
dodge when Lee's guns thun-
dered; he stood up, smoked his
cigar and faced the cannon
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rank was attained by Freder-
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p ,_ -; , ick Knefler, born in Hungary.
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Starting as a private in the
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79th Regiment of Indiana
Volunteers, he rose step by
step until he commanded the
regiment as Colonel. He took
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ment of U. S. Pension Agent
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with headquarters at Indian-
apolis, Indiana.
Max Einstein appears to have
been militarily-minded even be-
fore the call to arms. Born in
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in Philadelphia at the age of
11 22. He was in 1853 First Lieu-
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Guards. The following year he
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organized the Philadelphia Ar-
tillery - Company, and was
chosen Captain. The next step
was Aid-de-Camp to Governor
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Pennsylvania Militia. His posi-
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Militia entitled him to a full
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colonelcy in the U. S. Army
at the outbreak of war.
In the battle of Bull Run,
Colonel Einstein received praise
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r retary of State.
- It was in the Union forces
that several Jews were generals,
Perhaps the best known was
Edward S. Solomon, who later
became Governor of Washing-
ton Territory.
Born in Schleswig-Holstein,
Solomon left' Germany at 18,
settled in Chicago in 1854. In
1860 he became an alderman.

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