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Apr 28, 1832 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Feb 1914 (aged 81)
Union Army general, and publisher
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About James Grant Wilson
- 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 nominated and confirmed for appointment as a 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.
