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Civil War Soldiers - Meredith
| Meredith, Solomon, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Guilford county, N. C., May 29, 1810. He
removed to Wayne county, Ind., when nineteen years old, and by means
of manual labor secured for himself a fair education. He then located
at Cambridge city, was sheriff of his county in 1834 and 1836, and a
member of the state legislature, 1846-48 and 1854-56. In 1849 he
became U. S. marshal for the district of Indiana, and he was clerk of
the courts of Wayne county, 1859-61. He was director and financial
agent of the Indiana Central railroad, 1854-59, and subsequently
president of the Cincinnati & Chicago railroad company. On July 29,
1861, he became colonel of the 19th Ind. regiment, which saw its first
service in Virginia and lost half its number at Gainesville, where
Col. Meredith was wounded. He commanded his regiment also at
Sharpsburg and Antietam, was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers
Oct. 6, 1862, and commanded the "Iron Brigade" at Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where he was so severely wounded as
to be disabled for active service until Nov., 1863. He was then
assigned to command the 1st division, 1st army corps, but failing
health compelled him to relinquish the charge, and he commanded the
military post of Cairo, Ill., in 1864, and the district of western
Kentucky in 1864-65. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers for
meritorious service during the war and was honorably mustered out May
22, 1865. After the war Gen. Meredith was United States assessor of
internal revenue for his district, 1866- 67; surveyor-general of
Montana territory, 1867-69, and then retired to his farm, "Oakland,"
near Cambridge city, Ind. He died in Cambridge city, Ind., Oct. 2,
1875.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Meredith, Sullivan A.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 5,
1816. He was educated at William and Mary college, and when a young
man took two trips to China. In 1848 he visited California. He was
engaged in business in Philadelphia when the Civil war broke out, and
he superintended the drilling, equipping and forwarding of over 30,000
troops. He was commissioned colonel of the 10th Penn. regiment on
April 26, 1861, took part in Patterson's campaign in the Shenandoah
valley, and on his return organized the 56th regiment and was
commissioned its colonel, March 6, 1862. In April he was assigned to
McDowell's corps, with which he served in the second battle of Bull
Run, where he was severely wounded. For gallantry in this engagement
he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, to date from Nov. 29,
1862, and when partially recovered from his wounds he was appointed
commissioner for the exchange of prisoners. He was ordered to St.
Louis in 1864 and served there under Gen. Rosecrans until mustered out
of the service, Aug. 24, 1865. He died in Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 26,
1874.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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