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James Grant Wilson

James Grant Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of poet William Wilson. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Poughkeepsie, New York. He was educated at College Hill, and then privately tutored. He joined his father in business, later becoming his partner. In 1855, he began a two-year trip to Europe. In 1857, he returned to the U.S. and founded the Chicago Record, a journal of art and literature.

In 1862, during the Civil War, he sold his the Chicago Record and entered the Union Army as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to New York City, where he became an author, speaker, and president of the Society of American Authors. In 1885 he also became president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited several works of history and biography.

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Union Army general, and publisher (1832–1914)

Born 28 April 1832
Died 1 February 1914

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Union Army general, and publisher (1832–1914)

Born 28 April 1832
Died 1 February 1914
Subjects
Biography, Dictionaries, History, American literature, English poetry, Scottish authors, American Portraits, Anecdotes, Bibliography, Constitution (Frigate), Directories, Discovery and exploration, Episcopal Church, Military biography, Politics and government, Presidents, Scottish poetry, tho, 1811-1863, 19th century, Academic librarians, American Poets, Biography/Autobiography, Bishops, British
Places
United States, New York (State), America, New York (N.Y.), New York, Illinois, New Jersey, North America, South America
People
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831), Beverly Robinson Betts (1827-1899), Christopher Columbus, Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), George Washington (1732-1799), Isaac Hull (1773-1843), Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick (1772-1851), John Lovelace (d. 1709), John Pintard (1759-1844), Robert Burns (1759-1796), Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Samuel Provoost (1742-1815), William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
Time
19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1849-1877, To 1775

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