John Aaron Rawlins
✓ Source-basedfallingUnion Army general, 29th Secretary of War (1831-1869)
John Aaron Rawlins 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.
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General Rawlins at his quarters in City Point, Virginia, with his second wife, Mary Hurlburt, and his child
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In July 1863 Rawlins met with President Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet at the White House.
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John Aaron Rawlins 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 defender against allegations of insobriety. He was appointed Secretary of War when Grant was elected President of the United States.
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