WASHINGTON GALLAND was born June 20, 1827, near Nauvoo,
Illinois. He grew to manhood among the half-breed Indians and early pioneers of
the Mississippi valley, hunting, fishing and boating. He was a pupil of
Berryman Jennings who taught the first school in Iowa in a rude log cabin. He
acquired a good education in later years and in 1856 entered the law oflice of
Rankin and Miller and was admitted to practice in 1859. In 1863 he was elected
to the Legislature from Lee County where he had settled. When but nineteen
years of age he enlisted with a Missouri cavalry regiment in the Mexican War,
serving until its close. When the Civil War began Mr. Galland raised a company
for the Sixth Iowa Infantry of which he was commissioned captain. He was taken
prisoner at the Battle of Shiloh and was released after seven months. He has
been a prominent member of the Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association, to which he has
contributed valuable papers.
SOURCE: Benjamin F. Gue, History
of Iowa, Volume 4, Iowa Biography, p. 98
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