Quotes About Galena

The Republican marching club was known as the Galena Wide Awakes—Orvil Grant was a member—and as they tramped along, clad in dark oilcloth capes and caps, their martial air portended war. Grant rebuffed an effort, spearheaded by John Rawlins

in May, 1860, removed to Galena, Illinois, and took a clerkship in my father's store.