General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) Section-American Revolution confirming what poets have known

confirming what poets have known for centuries: there are some truths that are only revealed in the world of darkness

from Trenton and Valley Forge

Civil War buffs are always arguing over which side had the better soldiers

In the century and a half since the Civil War

And while the Union and Rebel armies fought increasingly savage battles

General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man (Ottens - UA) Section-American Revolution confirming what poets have knownby 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