Person:Solomon Bush (2)

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Solomon Bush was a Jewish American soldier, born in Philadelphia; son of Matthias Bush, one of the signers of the non-importation agreement (October 25, 1765). He was one of two Lieutenant Colonels in the American Revolutionary Army.

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From "Jewish Soldiers in the Continental Armies", Wolf:

Colonel SOLOMON BUSH

was an officer in the Pennsylvania Militia (1777-1778), whose record is highly creditable and whose services won for him a well-deserved promotion. He was appointed Deputy Adjutant General of the Militia of the State on July 5, 1777. As to his subsequent career in the army , no stronger testimony could be desired than that set forth in the resolution adopted by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, at its session on Wednesday, October 20, 1779. It reads thus:

³The petition of Major Solomon Bush, in the militia of this State, being read, and due inquiry having been made into the circumstances of his case, it appears that Major Bush has, on many occasions, distinguished himself in the public service, especially in the winter of 1776, when the service was critical and hazardous.

"That he entered again into the said service in the summet of 1777, when General Sir William Howe invaded the State and the militia were called out pursuant to the resolutions of Congress and the requisition of His Excellency, General Washington; and in the month of September, 1777, acting as Deputy Adjutant General, he was dangerously wounded in a skirmish between the militia and the advance of the British Army, his thigh being broken and he brought off with great difficulty; that being carried to his father's house, on Chestnut Hill, and incapable of being moved, he fell into the hands of the British Army, when it moved up to Whitemarsh, in December, 1777, who took his parole; That he has ever since been confined with his wound, and incapable of performing any military duty, or acquiring a livelihood, but on the other hand, his situation attended with much difficulty and expense.

"All which circumstances being considered, and that the said Major Bush being at the time of receiving his wounds in Continental Service and now a prisoner of war,

"Resolved, That he be recommended to the especial notice of the Honourable Board of War, in order to obtain pay and rations equal to his rank; and that this Board in consideration of the services and sufferings of Major Bush, will permit him to draw from the State store, from time to time, such articles as may be necessary for his comfortable Subsistance and Support."

That Major Bush had already been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, is evidenced by another resolution, complimentary to him, adopted by the same Council seven days later, when he was "recommended to the Honourable the Board of War, for pay and rations accordingly.²

Again on November 5, 1785, the Council, over which Benjamin Franklin then presided, passed an order for the payment of a pension due to Lieutenant-Colonel Bush.

[Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AMERICAN-REVOLUTION/2004-05/1083698051]

Lt. Col. Solomon Bush and Captain Lewis Bush were brothers and were the sons of prominent patriot Matthias Bush. Solomon Bush, while holding the rank of Lt.Col in the Continental Army, served as Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania Militia. Lt.Col Bush commanded the Pennsylvanian contingent in the Battle of the Brandywine, where he received near fatal wounds. His younger brother Capt. Lewis Bush was killed serving under him at the Brandywine. [Source: http://w.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=19961&page=23]