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Galena's Generals

8/13/2013

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What do a Galena merchant, a member of the Iroquois Nation, a Swiss jeweler, a mayor of Monticello, Iowa, a Galena lawyer, a wounded veteran of the Mexican War, a school teacher, a carpenter and a president of the United States all have in common?  They were all Civil War Brigadier Generals and all called Galena, IL home.  They were:

Augustus Louis Chetlain
John Oliver Duer
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Jasper Adalmorn Maltby
Ely Samuel Parker
John Aaron Rawlins
William Rueben Rowley
John Corson Smith
John Eugene Smith

To learn more, visit: http://www.galenahistorymuseum.org/ninegenerals.html
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