Solomon Pittman

Birth Date

c1833

Death Date

1890-04-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Pulaski County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. South Carolina native. Son of James Pittman and Emelline Pittman. Resident of Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Absent without leave from June 20, 1862 to January 18, 1863. Court martialed and sentenced to forfeit pay and hard labor on May 14, 1863. Returned to service. Wounded at the Battle of Campbell's Station, Knox County, Tennessee, on November 16, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 2, p. 128B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Harrison, p. 253A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0267.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 863.
"Pittman, Solomon," U.S. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879 to 1903, NARA RG 92, Microfilm Series M1845, .

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