John Aaron Rawlins

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 Grant's staff throughout the war, rising to the rank of brevet major general, and was Grant's chief defender against allegations of insobriety. He was appointed Secretary of War when Grant was elected President of the United States.

13 February 1831

Born on the same birth day (13 February): Dimitrie Gusti • Emanuel Ungaro • Ernst Fuchs (artist) • Faiz Ahmad Faiz • Fonzworth Bentley • Gaston Gingras • George Segal • Giovanni Battista Piazzetta • Girolamo Aleandro • Hal Chase • Jaden Ivey • John Hunter (surgeon) • Katy de la Cruz • Leontine Sagan • Lord Randolph Churchill • Philippe Jaroussky • Todd Williams • Yevgeny Vakhtangov

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