Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Solomon Meredith (May 29, 1810 October 2, 1875) was a prominent Indiana farmer, politician, and lawman who was a controversial Union Army general in the American Civil War. He gained fame as one of the commanders of the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, leading the brigade in the Battle of Gettysburg. Solomon Meredith was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, to David and Mary Farrington Meredith. The Meredith''s were Quaker and educated young Solomon at home. Meredith''s grandfather, James Meredith fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the American Revolutionary War. In 1829, he traveled to Wayne County, Indiana, where he found work chopping wood and working on a farm. He later clerked in a general store in Centerville.