Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio

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Johann U. von Salis-Soglio in a drawing from XXI

Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio (* 1790 in Chur; † 1874^[1]) was a Swiss General who in the year of 1847 commanded the conservative Sonderbund alliance in the Sonderbund War.

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He chose a military career at a young age and became a member of the Swiss Army in 1809. Between 1809 and 1839 he served as an officer in foreign service in Bavaria and the Netherlands, rising to the rank of major general. He joined the General Staff of the Swiss Army in the rank of colonel in 1841.^[2][3]

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