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Civil War Soldiers - Grose
| Grose, William, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1812. He received a
common school education and attained some prominence in local politics
prior to the war, being a Pierce elector and unsuccessful candidate,
in 1852, for Congress ; elected member of the state legislature in
1856, and judge of the court of common pleas in 1860. This latter
office he resigned in 1861 to accept the colonelcy of the 36th Ind.
infantry, which he had recruited. At Shiloh his was the only regiment
of Buell's army that engaged in the first day's fight, and after the
battle he was promoted to command a brigade. He served with the Army
of the Cumberland in all its campaigns, including Vicksburg,
Chickamauga, Lookout mountain, Dalton, and the battles in front of
Atlanta, and, at the request of Gens. Sherman and Thomas, he was
promoted brigadier-general, receiving his commission while under fire
in front of Atlanta. Gen. Grose then served in the battles of Franklin
and Nashville, and afterwards was president of a court-martial at
Nashville until Jan., 1866, being brevetted major-general of
volunteers Aug. 13, 1865. He subsequently served as collector of
internal revenue under appointment by President Johnson, 1866-74, was
an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1878, served in 1884-86 as
one of a commission to build three hospitals for the insane, and in
1887 served as member of the Indiana legislature. Gen. Grose died July
30, 1900. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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