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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 ...
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.
Aug 3, 2021 · General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man by Allen J. Ottens is the first major biography of Rawlins in over a century and traces his rise to assistant adjutant general and ultimately Grant's secretary of war.
- Allen J. Ottens
John Rawlins (June 9, 1902 – May 20, 1997) was an American film editor and director. He directed 44 films between 1932 and 1958. He was born in Long Beach, California and died in Arcadia, California .
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.
John Rawlins may refer to: John Aaron Rawlins (1831–1869), United States Army general during the American Civil War General John A. Rawlins , an 1874 public statue of Rawlins, in Washington, D.C.
