Maj. General William S. Rosecrans
Born: September 6, 1819
Delaware County, Ohio
Died: March 11, 1898
Redondo Junction, California
​West Point: 1842
2nd Lieutenant: 1842
Resigned U.S. Army: 1854
Brig. Gen: May 16, 1861
Maj. Gen. of Volunteers: October 24, 1862
Brevet Maj. Gen: 1865
Resigned U.S. Army: 1867
Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans
1842: West Point Graduate - 5th in class of 56
1842: Engineer working on fortifications at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Instructor at West Point
1854: Resigned from U.S. Army
1861: Volunteer aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan
1861: Colonel, 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
May 16, 1861: Brigadier General, Regular Army
July 11, 1861: Battle of Rich Mountain
July 1861: Commander, Department of West Virginia
September 10, 1861: Battle of Carnifex Ferry
May 1862: Commander, Right Wing of the Army of the Mississippi
April 29 - June 10, 1862: Siege of Corinth
June 26, 1862: Commander, Army of the Mississippi
July 1861: Added responsibility as commander, District of Corinth
September 19, 1862: Battle of Iuka
October 3-4, 1862: Battle of Corinth
October 5, 1862: Battle of Hatches Bridge
October 24, 1862: Commander, XIV Corps (soon to be Army of the Cumberland)
October 24, 1862: Promoted Major General of Volunteers
December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863: Battle of Stone's River
September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
Relieved of command after failure at Chickamauga
January - December 1864: Commander, Department of Missouri
1865: Brevet Major General, Regular Army
1867: Resigned U.S. Army
1868-1869: U.S. Minister to Mexico
1881 - 1885: Congressman from California
1885 - 1893: Register of the Treasury
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 708
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 410-411
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