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John Aaron Rawlins (February 13, 1831 – September 6, 1869) was a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a cabinet officer in the Grant administration. A longtime confidant of Ulysses S. Grant, Rawlins served on Grant's staff throughout the war, rising to the rank of brevet major general, and was Grant's chief ...
Oct 27, 2021 · John Rawlins was one of Galena’s most revered sons. He spent his first 30 years or about three-quarters of his brief life in Galena and surrounding Jo Daviess County, rarely venturing beyond its borders.
Jul 26, 2022 · Allen Ottens has produced a gripping and illuminating biography of Ulysses Grant’s right-hand man and fellow Galena, Illinois native John Rawlins. Ottens draws from an extensive source base to offer a wide-ranging view of his subject, contextualizing Rawlins within the tumultuous political, military, and social tides of his time.
The life of John A. Rawlins : lawyer, assistant adjutant-general, chief of staff, major general of volunteers, and secretary of war. Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Dec 6, 2011 · John Rawlins was born on February 13, 1831 in Galena, Illinois. Rawlins was originally a lawyer in the town, he operated a law office with David Sheean, an influential Galena republican who will be discussed later in this blog. Rawlins was named city attorney of Galena in 1857 and served in that post until 1861, when the war broke out.
John Rawlins. Director: Shark River. Director John Rawlins started in films in 1918 as an actor, stunt man, gag writer and assistant director. For a while he sidelined as a comedy writer, then became an editor and later directed second features for First National in Britain from the early 1930s.
John Aaron Rawlins was born in 1831 in Guilford, Illinois. After working on the family farm, he moved to Galena, Illinois, where he studied the law, was admitted to the bar in 1855, and began a successful law practice.
