John Aaron Rawlins
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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
Rawlins, 1860–1869
General Rawlins at his quarters in City Point, Virginia, with his second wife, Mary Hurlburt, and his child
General Ulysses S. Grant
General John A. Rawlins
William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman was an American businessman, author, and United States Army general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a general he earned recognition for his command of mili
John Aaron Rawlins
…supported insurrection against Spanish rule in Cuba, established an anti-Mormon policy for the Utah Territory, and reduced the authority of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Grant's successor as commander of the Army. Rawlins' tuberculosis continued to worsen, and he died in September 1869, five months into his term. Except…
Photograph by Mathew Brady, May 1865. Sherman is wearing a black ribbon mourning Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.
Sherman's childhood home is in Lancaster, Ohio.
Sherman is in military uniform as a youth.
Sherman Quarters is at 510 Calle Principal in Monterey, California.