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Sallli Sall'i, Prince Felix, Soldier, B. in an Holt, Prussia, 25 Dec., 1828 SALllI SALl'I, Prince Felix, soldier, b. in An­ holt, Prussia, 25 Dec., 1828; d. ne'lr Met~, Alsace, 18 Aug., 1870. He was a yo unger son of the reign­ ing Prince zu Salm Salm, was educated at the cadet-school in Berlin, became an officer in the Pl'llssian camlry, and saw service in the Schleswig­ Holstein war, receiving a decoration for bl'll.Yel·y at Al1rhuis. He then joined the Austrian army, but was compelled to resign, extravagant h'lbits having brought him into pecuniary difJicultics. In 1861 he came to the United i::>lates and offered his ser­ vices to the National govel'llment. He was giyen a colonel's commi~sion and aUached to the st.aff of Gen. Louis Blenker. In November, 1862, he took command of the 8th New York regiment, which was mustered out in the following spring. He was appointed colonel of the 68th New York volunteers on 8 June, 1864, scrving under Gen. James 13. Steed­ man in Tennessee and Georgia. and toward the end of lhe war was assigned t.o the comm'lnd of the post at Atlanta, recciving the brevet of brigadier­ general on 15 April, 1865. He next offered his services to the Emperor Maximilian, embarked for Mexico in February, 1866, and on 1 ,July was ap­ pointed colonel of the general staff. He became the emperor's aide-de-camp and chief of his house­ bold, and was captu red at Queretaro. Soon after Maximilian's ex~cution he retlll"lH'u to Europe, re­ entered the Prussian army as, ma.jor in the grena­ dier gum'ds, and was killed at the battle of Gl'!lve­ L lotte, He publisheu "My Diary in Mexico in 1867, including the Last Days of the Emperor Maximilian, with Leaves from the Diary of the Princess Sa.lm Salm" (London, 1868 ,-I-lis wife. SALOMON, Fre'derick, soldier, b. riear Halber­ stadt, Pru ss ~a , 7 April, 1826. After passing through -the gymnasium, he became a government surveyor, Intel' a lieutenant of artillerr, and in 1848 a pupil in the Berlin school of Archi tecture. Emigrating SOO Il afterward to the United States. he settled in Manitowoc. Wis., as a sUl'\'eyor. He WfiS for four years county register of deeds, and in 1857-'9 (,hief engineer on the Manitowoc a,nd Wi sconsin rail­ road. He entered the volunteer service in the spring of 1861 as a capt,ain in the .5th Missouri volunteers, and , erved Hnder Gen. Franz Sigel, be­ ilig present at Wibon 's Creek. Aftel' the t'hree­ months' term of service hat! expired he was ap­ pOinted colonel of the 9th Wisconsin infantry, which he comm anoed in the southwes t until he was made a brigadi er-gene.ral, 16 June, 1862, Rnd assigned to the co mmand of a brigade in K;m sas. On 30 Sept. he made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Ncwtonia.l\I o. He served t,hrough the war, rpceiving th p, brevet of major· ge neral ill March. 1865, and was mustered out on 25 Aug.. 1865. Gen. Salomon was subsequently for se"el~a l years surveyor-ge neral of Utah te rritory, where he now (1888) resid es.-His brother, EDWARD, b. m'ar Hal­ herstadt, Prussi'1, in 1828, came with him to this country, became a lawyer, was govern or of Vlis­ consin in 1862-'3, and now practises in New York cit.y. He has gained a high repntation as a politi­ cal. sp~ak_e!~ especially in the German la,nguage. SANBORN, John Benjamin, sol,lier, b. in Epsom, N. H., 5 Dec., 1826. He was ed ucated at Dartmouth, studied law, and was admitted to tbe bar in July, 1854. In December of that year he re­ moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of the law when not in the public service. As adjutant - geneml and quartermas­ ter·geneml of Min­ nesota he organ­ ized and sen t to the field five regiments of infantry, a bat­ talion of cavalry, amI two batteries of artillery in 1861, and in the spring' .~./ L7.' ,,/ / of 1862 left the p7~/J.c7~ state as colonel of the 4th Minnesota volunteers, remaining in ac­ ti ve service in the field to the close of the war. At I ul,a, his first battle, he com manded the .leull­ ing brigade and was commended in the official report. About 600 of his men, out of 2,200, were killed and wounded in little more than an hour. For this he was appointed brigadier - general of volunteers, but the senate allowed this a,ppoint­ lllent to lapse, and a.fter the Vicksburg cflmpaign, on the recommendation of Gen. McPherson and Gen. Grant, he was a.gain commissioned to date Ifrom 4 Aug., 1863. This appointment was con­ fiL'lned by the senate. He participated in the bat­ tles of Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, and Champion Hills, and in the assault and sieg:e of Vicksburg. He was designated to lead the ad­ v:tnce into the town after the surrender, and super­ intended the paroling o[ the prisoners of war and passing them beyond the lines. This honor was conferred on account of his gallant conduct and that of his command, especially at the battle of Jackson. After Oetober he commanded the dis­ trict of southwest Missouri and a brigade and di­ vision of cavalry in the field in October and Novem­ ber, 1864, and fought the actions of Jefferson City, Booneville, Independence, Big Blue, Little Blue, Osage, Marias des-Cygnes, and. Newtonia. He was never defeated by the enemy, and never failed of complete success except in the assault of 22 May at Vicksburg. He conducted a campaign against the Indians of the southwest in the summer and autumn of 1865, opened all the lines of commu­ nication to the territories of Colorado and New Mexico, !tnd terminated all hostilities with the Comanche, Kiowa., Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Apa­ ches of the upper Arkansa.s, by the treaties that he concluded at the mouth of the Little Arkan­ sas in October, 1865. After this, in the winter of 1865-'6, under the direction of President Johnson, he adjnsted amicably the difficulties growing out of the war between the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles and their slaves, amI declared the slaves of these tribes free. In 1867 Gen. Sanborn was designated by congress as one of an Indian peace commission, and with the other commissioners negotiated several treaties wh.ich have remained in force and, in connection with the report of that commission, have had a great influence in the amelioration of the condition of the Indians. He has been a member of the house and sen!1l&gj' Minn_es()ta on various occasions. SANDERSON, John 'Philil), soldier, b. in Lebanon county:, Plio., 13 Feb., 1818; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 14 Oct., 1864. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, and served in the le2slature in 1845, and in the state senate in 1847. tie edited the Philadel­ phia "Daily News" in 1848-'56, and became chief clerk of the U. S. war department in 1861, but re­ signed to become lieutenant-colonel of thc 15th U. S. infantry. He was ,appointed its colo'nel in July, 1863, and in February, 1864, became provost­ marshal-general of the Department of the Missouri. His most important public service was the full ex­ position that he made dlll'ing the civil war of the secret politica.l organization in the northern aBd western states, known as the" Knigh ts of the golden circle" or the" Order of American knights." He publisheil "Views and Opinions of American Statesmen on Foreign Immigration" (Philadel­ phia, 1843), a.nd "Republican Landmarks" (1856). -Lucius Marilius's tion, Horace Binney, sol­ dier, b. in Quincy, Mass .. 30 Jlme, 1821, was gradu­ ated at Harvard in 1843, and at the Jaw depart­ ment there in 1845. At the opening of the. civil war he was senior aide on the stat! of Gov. John A. Andrew, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 1st regiment, Massachusetts cavalry, in 1861, became colonel of the same regiment . in October, 1862, was on duty with the forces in South Caro­ lina, in the Army of the Potomac and the Depart­ i ment of the Gulf, participating in the engagements of Secessionvillc. Culpeper, and Ra.pidan Station, and in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain. Chancel1orsville, and in the Red River campaign nnder Gen. Banl{s, where he was wounded in ac­ tion, 21 March, 1864, was brevetted brigadier-gen­ eral for "gallantry and good conduct," and 2!l Sept., 1864, was mustered out on account of wounds received in action. He. has been a frequent con­ tributor to periodical Iitera tlll'e and the press, and has delivered numerous addresses.-Another son .of Lucius l\fanlius, Lucius Mnlllins, soldier, b. in Boston, 15 Sept., 1826; d. neal' Bellefield, Va., 9 Dec., 1864, was graduated at Harvard in 1848, and at the medical department there in 1857, be­ {loming house surgeon and dispensary physician at the Massachusetts general hospital. He was com­ missioned surgeon in the 2d l\'1assachusetts "OlUll­ teers in -May, 1861, but resigned in October of that year, and became captain in the 1st Massachusetts el1valry, was ordered to the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Kelly's Pard, Antietam, South Mountain, Fredericksb1ll'g, and Chaneellorsville. He became major in his former regiment, 2 Jan., 1864, lieutenant-colonel, 30 Sept., and was mortally wounded in an engagement on Meherrin rivcr.-JOhll Osborne, lawyer, b.
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