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Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau

 

 

Born: August 4, 1818

Stanford, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

Died: January 7, 1869

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Colonel: September 9, 1861

Brig. Gen. US Volunteers:  October 1, 1861

Maj. Gen. US Volunteers: October, 8, 1862

Resigned US Volunteers: November 1865

Major General Lovell Rousseau

Courtesy of Library of Congress

1844: Indiana House of Representatives

1845: Commissioned a Captain in Mexican American War

February 23, 1847: Battle of Buena Vista

1848: Indiana Senate

1860-1861: Kentucky Senate

June 1861: Resigned his seat in Kentucky Senate

September 1861: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment

April 7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh

December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863: Battle of Stone's River 

June 23-30, 1863: Tullahoma Campaign

September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga

November 1863 - November 1865: Command of Nashville, Tennessee

November 1865: Resigned US Volunteers

1865-1866: US House of Representatives

March 27, 1867: Appointed Brigadier General with brevet rank of Major General

October 18, 1867: Played a key role in the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States

July 28, 1868: Commander, Department of Louisiana 

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 710-711

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 412-413

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