William Grose

Birth Date

1812-12-16

Death Date

1900-07-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henry County, Indiana, attorney, judge, and soldier. Dayton, Ohio, native. Married to Rebecca Grose. Father of Madison Grose, Sarah Grose, Elvira Grose, John Grose, Adolphus Grose, and James Grose. Studied law in New Castle, Indiana. Attorney in New Castle. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in 1852. Delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1856. Elected judge of local common pleas court in New Castle in 1860. Commissioned colonel of the 36th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment in October 1861. Commanded a brigade and later a division in the Army of the Cumberland from 1862 to 1865. Commissioned brigadier general on July 30, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Henry County, Henry Township, p. 14.
Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 192-93.
William Grose, The Story of the Marches, Battles, and Regiments of the 36th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (New Castle, IN: The Courier Company Press, 1891).

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