February 1, 1914(1914-02-01) (aged 81) New York City
Resting place
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Spouses
Jane Emily Searle Cogswell
(m. 1869; died 1904)
Mary H. Nicholson
(m. 1907)
Children
1
Parent(s)
William Wilson Jane Sibbald
Education
Bartlett's College Hill School
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States Union
Branch/service
Union Army
Rank
Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General
Unit
15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Commands
4th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars
American Civil War
James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was named brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.[1]
^Nineteenth Annual Report, 1914 of the American Scenic Historic Preservation Society | To The Legislature of the State of New York. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers. 1914. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
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Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General