Solomon Story ¹

  Notes:

Solomon enlisted with Company F, 21st Infantry Regiment Iowa on August 22, 1862. He was killed in battle on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. 113 out of 280 from the regiment were killed or wounded in battle that day. Lieut.-Col. Dunlap, who had been wounded at Port Gibson, was unable to lead, but was on field and was killed after the assault. Maj. Van Anda commanded and was wounded during the charge. At the conclusion of the siege, the regiment under the command of Capt. Crooke took part in the siege of Jackson and in the destruction of the railways and public property at that place
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  Details of his life include:

• He appeared on the 1850 U.S. Federal census in district 7, Dubuque County, Iowa
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• He appeared on the Iowa State census in 1856
Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
married to a Maria age 29
2 children-Mary age 3 and Mirand age 1. ¹

• Military: 15 Aug 1862.
Enlisted as a private at the age of 41..
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• Military: 22 Aug 1862.
Enlisted in Company F, 21st Regiment Iowa

• Military: 22 May 1863, Vicksburg, , Mississippi
Killed while serving with Company F, 21st Regiment Iowa.

Solomon married Maria Greathouse, daughter of Daniel Greathouse and Catherine Shadle, on 28 Aug 1851 in Epworth, Dubuque County, Iowa. (Maria Greathouse was born on 11 Dec 1826 in MT Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois ¹ and died on 27 Dec 1912 in Epworth, Dubuque County, Iowa.)