RAWLINS, John Aaron

Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 13 1831, Galena IL

Died: September 6 1869, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, city attorney.

War Service: August 1861, Capt., aide-de-camp and assistant adjutant to U.S. Grant, Maj., Lt. Col., August 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, March 1865 Brig. Gen. in Regular Army.

Post War: Secretary of war (briefly)