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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]
|-
|Date of Birth:
|11 Sept 1831<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Names of Parents:
|John B.(Gocha) and Jemima Rundall<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Married<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Blacksmith<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Bounty Received:
|$50.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Residence:
|Westerlo
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|6 Aug 1862[2]
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Westerlo, New York
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private 
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery 
|-
|Company:
|Company K[2] 
|-
|Wounded on:
|25 Aug 1864[2]
|-
|Wounded at:
|Reams Station, VA[2]
|-
|Discharged for Disability on:
|7 Apr 1865[2] 
|-
|Discharged at:
|Finley Hospital, Washington, DC
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|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]
|-
|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
|}

==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
==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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[[Category:Biography]][[Category:Military]][[Category:Civil War]] [[Category:Berne Biographies]][[Category:Westerlo Biographies]] [[Category:Knox Biographies]]

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 See below image from Altamont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 1915
 Obituary, Altamont Enterprise, Aug. 27, 1915
 ==Additional Research Notes==
 He was admitted to the US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Bath,Steuben, NY.

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