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==Birth==
Solomon R. Gosha was born in Berne, Albany County, NY Sept. 11, 1831, a son of John Gosha and Jemima Rundell<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref> 
==Marriage & Children==
He married and had a number of children.  
First wife was Sarah, born ca. 1832. They had the following children according to the 1870 federal census when they were living in Coeymans, where he was a blacksmith: 
*Henrietta Gosha b. ca. 1854 
*Francis F. Gosha b. ca. 1855 
*John B. Gosha b. ca. 1859 
*S. K. Gosha b. ca. 1861 
*George F. Gosha b. ca. 1863 
*Emmar L. Gosha b. ca. 1868 
In the 1900 federal census he was in Albany, Albany, NY where he was a blacksmith and married to Caroline born Aug. 1860. Living with them was a son: 
*Reuben Gosha b. ca. 1883 
==Occupation==
In the 1850 federal census he was living in Knox in the home of John Saddlemire. Solomon was a blacksmith before he joined the 7th HA Regiment.[2] After the close of the war he took up his old occupation until shortly before he died.[3] 

==Military Service==
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|Place of Birth: 	
|Berne, NY[1] 
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|Date of Birth: 	
|11 Sept 1831<ref name="Town and City Registers"/> 
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|Names of Parents: 	
|John B.(Gocha) and Jemima Rundall<ref name="Town and City Registers"/> 
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|Marital Status: 	
|Married<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Occupation: 	
|Blacksmith<ref name="Town and City Registers"/> 
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|Term of Enlistment: 	
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Bounty Received: 	
|$50.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Residence:
|Westerlo<!--Your Residence Text Here-->
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|Enlistment Date:
|6 Aug 1862[2]
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|Enlistment Place:
|Westerlo, New York<!--Your Place Text Here-->
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private <!--Your Rank Text Here-->
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|State Served:
|New York<!--Your State Text Here-->
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|Regiment:
|7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery <!--Your Regiment Text Here-->
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|Company:
|Company K[2] <!--Your Company Text Here-->
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|Wounded on:
|25 Aug 1864[2] 
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|Wounded at:
|Reams Station, VA[2]<!--Your Rank Text Here-->
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|Discharged for Disability on:
|7 Apr 1865[2] <!--Your Date Text Here-->
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|Discharged at:
|Finley Hospital, Washington, DC 
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|Additional Remarks:  Additional Remarks: Enlisted as a Private on 6 August 1862 at the age of 32. Also known as Gocha. He was wounded in the spine and discharged for a disability.[2]"Was in the Battles North Ann River Deep Bottom Petersburg and at Reams Station, then receiving a wound in his right shoulder Discharged April 7, 1865 Surgeon certified of Disability P.O. Address Westerlo Albany Co N.Y."[1] 
Born in Berne in September of 1831, Blacksmith, Gray eyes, Dark hair, Light complexion, 5'6-1/2" tall.[4] 
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1897; Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War 
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==Organizations==
He was a member of the GAR post of Albany, No. 5.  

==Death==
Died at the home of Mrs. Alfred Hungerford, in Voorheesville, Aug. 13 1915 in his 84th year. Burial was in the Rural Cemetery 
==Obituary==
See below image from Altamont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 1915
Obituary, Altamont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 1915


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==Additional Research Notes==
He was admitted to the US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Bath,Steuben, NY.  

Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
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