The Real Truth

[Jim Garrett]

Sorry, I should have put a in the comment of Rawlins' duties. However, I believe that I read that by the end of the war, Rawlins' health was very fragile and he was relieved of a lot of his duties as chief of staff with the exception of looking after Grant. It is correct, Rawlins was from a family predisposed to alcoholism. Didn't he comment that the reason he didn't drink was that he feared if he started he wouldn't stop? Rawlins served with Grant through the entire war and always looked out for the General's best interest.

Wasn't Rawlins Grant's Secretary of War, but died shortly after his appointment from tuberculosis?