John A. Rawlins

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John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.

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John A. Rawlins canonical 3

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instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
United States Secretary of War ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
birthDate 1831-02-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Galena, Illinois ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1869-09-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
education read law (legal apprenticeship) ⓘ
employer United States Army ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
familyName Rawlins ⓘ
fullName John Aaron Rawlins ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasMonument General John A. Rawlins statue in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
knownFor influencing Grant’s policies on alcohol use ⓘ
organizational and administrative skills in the field ⓘ
memberOf Union Army staff of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank brevet major general ⓘ
brigadier general ⓘ
notableFor close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
key role in Union Army military administration ⓘ
service in Grant’s presidential cabinet ⓘ
notableWork administration of Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War campaigns ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1869-09-06 ⓘ
officeHeld United States Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
officeStart 1869-03-13 ⓘ
partyAffiliation Republican Party ⓘ
placeOfBurial Congressional Cemetery ⓘ
positionHeld United States Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War

chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
preWarOccupation lawyer in Galena, Illinois ⓘ
roleDuringCivilWar aide-de-camp to Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
chief of staff for the Union armies commanded by Grant ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Illinois ⓘ
workedWith Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ

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