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Wilson</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">James Grant Wilson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/220px-James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/330px-James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/440px-James_Grant_Wilson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1782" data-file-height="2073" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1832-04-28</span>)</span>April 28, 1832<br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh, Scotland">Edinburgh, Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 1, 1914<span style="display:none">(1914-02-01)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery,_Bronx" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx">Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx</a>, New York</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Jane Emily Searle Cogswell</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1869; died 1904)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mary H. Nicholson</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1907)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(poet)" title="William Wilson (poet)">William Wilson</a><br />Jane Sibbald</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data">Bartlett's College Hill School</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_James_Grant_Wilson.png" class="mw-file-description" title="James Grant Wilson's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Signature_of_James_Grant_Wilson.png/128px-Signature_of_James_Grant_Wilson.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Signature_of_James_Grant_Wilson.png 1.5x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="39" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States<br /><a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png/35px-Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png/53px-Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png/70px-Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="544" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/35px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/53px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/70px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="183" data-file-height="68" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">Bvt.</a> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/15th_Regiment_Illinois_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry">15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/4th_United_States_Colored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="4th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment">4th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Grant Wilson</b> (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the <i>Chicago Record</i> in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, he served as a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was named <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevet</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographical_Society" title="New York Genealogical and Biographical Society">New York Genealogical and Biographical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASHPS1914-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James Grant Wilson was born on April 28, 1832, in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh, Scotland">Edinburgh, Scotland</a>, the son of the poet <a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(poet)" title="William Wilson (poet)">William Wilson</a> and his second wife, Miss Jane Sibbald of <a href="/wiki/Hawick" title="Hawick">Hawick</a>. In infancy, he moved with his family to the United States, where they settled at <a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">Poughkeepsie, New York</a>. He had two younger brothers. Wilson was educated in Poughkeepsie at College Hill, and continued his studies in the languages, music, and drawing, under private teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eventually, he joined his father in business as a bookseller/publisher, later becoming his partner.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eicher_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1855, Wilson started on an extended journey, his tour of Europe and its capitals. Upon his return in 1857, he settled in the growing city of <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, where he founded the <i>Chicago Record</i>, a journal of art and literature. It was the first literary paper published in that region.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eicher_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became known as a speaker. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Civil_War">U.S. Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, Wilson sold his journal and entered the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> late in 1862. He was commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> of the <a href="/wiki/15th_Regiment_Illinois_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry">15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment</a>, and eventually commanded the <a href="/wiki/4th_United_States_Colored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="4th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment">4th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment</a> as colonel. He resigned from the Army on June 16, 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-Eicher_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 27, 1867, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> nominated Wilson for appointment to the grade of <a href="/wiki/Brevet_(military)" title="Brevet (military)">brevet</a> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> confirmed the appointment on March 2, 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-Eicher761_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher761-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His middle brother was killed at <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg, Virginia</a>, and his youngest brother also served.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eicher_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, Wilson settled in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. He became known as a speaker, a frequent contributor to periodicals, president of the Society of American Authors, and, after 1885, of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographical_Society" title="New York Genealogical and Biographical Society">New York Genealogical and Biographical Society</a>. He edited <a href="/wiki/Fitz-Greene_Halleck" title="Fitz-Greene Halleck">Fitz-Greene Halleck</a>'s <i>Poems</i> (1868) and wrote his biography, published in 1869; and in 1876 his anthology <i>Poets & Poetry of Scotland</i> in four volumes . He edited <i>A Memorial History of the City of New York</i> (four volumes, 1892–93); <i><a href="/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography" title="Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography">Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography</a></i> (six volumes, 1887–89, with <a href="/wiki/John_Fiske_(philosopher)" title="John Fiske (philosopher)">John Fiske</a>; volume vii, 1900); <i>The Great Commanders Series</i> (eighteen volumes, completed 1913); and <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span> <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Presidents_of_the_United_States,_1789-1914" class="extiw" title="s:The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914">The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914</a></i> (four volumes, 1914), the work of many distinguished writers.. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 3, 1869, he married Jane Emily Searle Cogswell (d. 1904), the sister of Andrew Kirkpatrick Cogswell (1839–1900) and the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Cogswell (1781–1864) and Jane Eudora Kirkpatrick (1799–1864). Jane's grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Kirkpatrick_(lawyer)" title="Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer)">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a> (1756–1831) and her great-grandfather was <a href="/wiki/John_Bayard" title="John Bayard">John Bayard</a> (1738–1807).<sup id="cite_ref-Bulloch1919_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulloch1919-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before her death in 1904, they had one daughter together:<sup id="cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASHPS1914-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Jane Wilson, who married Frank Sylvester Henry (who died before 1914)<sup id="cite_ref-Greene1914_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greene1914-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>After his first wife's death in 1904, he married Mary H. Nicholson, the widow of his friend Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_W._Nicholson" title="James W. Nicholson">James William Augustus Nicholson</a>, in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASHPS1914-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resided at 143 West 79th Street in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-Mohr1914_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohr1914-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson died in New York City and is buried in <a href="/wiki/Woodlawn_Cemetery,_Bronx" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx">Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Eicher_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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York, 1775-1885</i> (1886)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Cullen_Bryant" title="William Cullen Bryant">Bryant</a> and his Friends</i> (1886)</li> <li><i>Commodore <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hull" title="Isaac Hull">Isaac Hull</a> and the Frigate <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">Constitution</a> (1889)</i></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Grant">General Grant</a></i> (1897)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" title="William Makepeace Thackeray">Thackeray</a> in the United States</i> (two volumes, 1904)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/28px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/42px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/56px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png 2x" data-file-width="1875" data-file-height="1875" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:American_Civil_War" title="Portal:American Civil War">American Civil War portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_brevet_generals_(Union)" title="List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)">List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Grant_Wilson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ASHPS1914-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASHPS1914_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m6lJAQAAMAAJ&q=james+grant+wilson++Jane+Emily+Searle+Cogswell&pg=PA34"><i>Nineteenth Annual Report, 1914 of the American Scenic Historic Preservation Society | To The Legislature of the State of New York</i></a>. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers. 1914<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 16,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nineteenth+Annual+Report%2C+1914+of+the+American+Scenic+Historic+Preservation+Society+%7C+To+The+Legislature+of+the+State+of+New+York&rft.place=Albany&rft.pub=J.+B.+Lyon+Company%2C+Printers&rft.date=1914&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dm6lJAQAAMAAJ%26q%3Djames%2Bgrant%2Bwilson%2B%2BJane%2BEmily%2BSearle%2BCogswell%26pg%3DPA34&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Grant+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-appletons-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-appletons_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-appletons_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-appletons_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-appletons_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilsonFiske1889" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wilson, J. G.</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_Fiske_(philosopher)" title="John Fiske (philosopher)">Fiske, J.</a>, eds. (1889). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Wilson, James"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Wilson,_James">"Wilson, James" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography" title="Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography">Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography</a></i>. New York: D. Appleton.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wilson%2C+James&rft.btitle=Appletons%27+Cyclop%C3%A6dia+of+American+Biography&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=D.+Appleton&rft.date=1889&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Grant+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eicher-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eicher_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eicher_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eicher_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eicher_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eicher_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEicherEicher2001">Eicher & Eicher 2001</a>, pp. 573–574.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eicher761-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Eicher761_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEicherEicher2001">Eicher & Eicher 2001</a>, p. 761.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bulloch1919-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bulloch1919_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBulloch1919" class="citation book cs1">Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1919). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XQc7AAAAMAAJ&q=Eliza+Rodgers+Bayard&pg=PA6"><i>A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: And the Descent of the Bolton Family from Assheton, Byron and Hulton of Hulton Park, by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch ...</i></a> J. 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