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William Grose was born in Montgomery County near Dayton, Ohio, United States on December 16, 1812, the son of William Grose, a Pennsylvanian, and Mary Hubbell, a native of New Jersey.
His grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolution, while his father served under William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812.
When William was a small boy his father moved the family to Fayette County, Indiana, removing in 1830 to Henry County, where the son attended his last term of school and at twenty began work as a farm hand at eight dollars a month. Soon after his marriage in 1836 he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1843.
In 1846 William Grose moved to Newcastle where his law practice soon became lucrative.
He was elected to the state legislature, declining réélection two years following. He was a member of the first Republican National Convention in 1856.
In 1860 he was chosen common pleas judge, which office he resigned at the opening of the Civil War to accept at the hands of Governor Morton the command of the 36th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Grose’s war record was conspicuous.
His regiment was the only part of General Buell’s army to take part in the first day’s battle at Shiloh and in the second day’s battle he became brigadecommander.
As the commander of the 3rd Brigade he took part in the battles of Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and all the battles before Atlanta.
In July 1864, while in front of Atlanta, he was commissioned brigadier-general. Later his command was transferred to General Thomas’s army and he took part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville and in the pursuit of General Hood's army.
In June 1865, by order of General Thomas, he was made president of a court-martial in Nashville, Tennessee, in which capacity he served until December 31, 1865, when he resigned to return to his home in Newcastle.
He had meanwhile, in August 1865, been commissioned major-general of volunteers. In 1866 he was appointed by President Johnson revenue collector of the 5th district and remained in office eight years.
From 1884 to 1886 he served as one of a commission of three appointed to supervise the building of three state hospitals for the insane, at Evansville, Richmond, and Logansport, and in 1887 he was elected state senator for Fayette and Henry counties. This was his last public service.
In 1891 he published The Story of the Marches, Battles, and Incidents of the 36th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, an account of the engagements in which his regiment took part.
He died at his home in Newcastle.
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William Grose supported Democratic and Republican party.
William Grose was a man of commanding stature and presence, deliberate and self-possessed,
In December 1836 William Grose was married to Rebecca Needham.
Following the death of his first wife, in 1879, he was married, five years later, to Mrs. Martha Black.
