General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) ho While being celebrated in America

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General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) ho While being celebrated in Americaby 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