General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) Section-American Revolution In the century and a

In the century and a half since the Civil War

more than a match for his colonial counterpart

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General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) Section-American Revolution In the century and aby Allen J. Ottens No one succeeds alone, and Ulysses S. Grant was no exception. From the earliest days of the Civil War to the heights of Grant's power in the White House, John A. Rawlins was ever at Grant's side. Yet Rawlins's role in Grant's career is often overlooked, and he barely received mention in Grant's own two volume Memoirs. General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man by Allen J. Ottens is the first major biography of Rawlins in over a