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RAWLINS, JOHN A.

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RAWLINS, JOHN A.
(1831 - 1869) Union brigadier general and Grant's staff officer and principal advisor, he rose through the ranks with Grant and eventually became his Secretary of War. War-date D.S. ""Jno. A. Rawlins"" on Headquarters Department of the Tennessee letterhead 1p. 4to., Young's Point, La., Feb. 7, 1863, special orders concerning the release from the Army to the Navy of a Confederate steamer on the Mississippi River. Fold slightly affects signature, else very good.