reigned in
Wisconsin, she sought no prominence or official position, but like the
other ladies of the circle in which she moved, contented herself with
working diligently for the soldiers, and contributing for the supply of
their needs. In the autumn of 1861, her husband was elected Lieutenant
Governor of the State, on the same ticket which bore the name of the
lamented Louis Harvey, for Governor. On the death of Governor Harvey, in
April, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing, Lieutenant Governor Salomon was at
once advanced by the Constitution of Wisconsin, to his place for the
remainder of his term, about twenty-one months. Both Governor and Mrs.
Salomon, were of German extraction, and it was natural that the German
soldiers, sick, wounded or suffering from privation, should look to the
Governor's wife as their State-mother, and should expect sympathy and
aid from her. She resolved not to disappoint their expectation, but to
prove as far as lay in her power a mother not only to them, but to all
the brave Wisconsin boys of whatever nationality, who needed aid and
assistance.

At home and abroad, her time was almost entirely occupied with this
noble and charitable work. She accompanied her husband wherever his duty
and his heart called him to look after the soldiers. She visited the
hospitals East and West, in Indiana, Illinois, St. Louis, and the
interior of Missouri, and all along the Mississippi, as far South as
Vicksburg, stopping at every place where Wisconsin troops were
stationed.

Her voyage to Vicksburg in May, 1863, was one of considerable peril,
from the swarms of guerrillas all along the river, who on several
occasions fired at the boat, but fortunately did no harm.

She found at Vicksburg, a vast amount of suffering to be relieved, and
abundant work to do, and possessing firm health and a vigorous
constitution, she was able to accomplish much without impairing her
health. At the first Sanitary Fair at Chicago, Mrs. Salomon organized a
German Department, in which she sold needle and handiwork contributed by
German ladies of Wisconsin and Chicago, to the amount of six thousand
dollars. When, in January 1864, Governor Salomon returned to private
life, Mrs. Salomon did not intermit her efforts for the good of the
soldiers; her duty had become a privilege, and she continued her efforts
for their relief and assistance, according to her opportunity till the
end of the war.

PITTSBURG BRANCH, U. S. SANITARY COMMI