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	William Starke Rosecrans - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM STARKE ROSECRANS (1819-1898), American soldier, was born in Kingston, Ohio, on the 6th of September 1819, and graduated in 1842 from the U.S. Military Academy, being appointed to the engineers.
		In the latter part of 1861 Rosecrans conducted further operations in the same region with great skill and success, and early in 1862 he was transferred to the West as a major-general of volunteers.
		In December he advanced against General Braxton Bragg, and on the 31st of December to the 3rd of January was fought the bloody and indecisive battle of Stone River (Murfreesboro), after which Bragg withdrew his army to the southward.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Starke_Rosecrans (454 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: William S. Rosecrans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nonetheless, Rosecrans assumed command of XIV Corps and was promoted to the rank of Major General (in the Volunteer Army, as opposed to his Brigadier rank in the Regular Army).
		Rosecrans received the command of the Left Wing of the Army of the Mississippi, fighting at the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
		Nonetheless, Rosecrans assumed command of XIV Corps, replacing the ineffectual Don Carlos Buell, and was promoted to the rank of major general (in the Volunteer Army, as opposed to his brigadier rank in the Regular Army).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-S.-Rosecrans (740 words)

	William Rosecrans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because of this, Rosecrans refused to go east with McClellan (who became general-in-chief of all Union armies and later the commander of the Army of the Potomac), instead requesting a transfer to the West.
		Rosecrans received the command of the left wing of the Army of the Mississippi, fighting at the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
		Nonetheless, Rosecrans assumed command of XIV Corps and was promoted to the rank of major general (in the Volunteer Army, as opposed to his brigadier rank in the Regular Army).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Rosecrans (655 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans. Who is William Starke Rosecrans? What is William Starke Rosecrans? Where is William Starke ...
		Because of this, Rosecrans refused to go east with McClellan (who became the commander of the Army of the Potomac), instead requesting a transfer to the West.
		In this corps command, Rosecrans participated in the Union victory at the Battle of Stones River, then reorganized his corps into a separate command, the Army of the Cumberland.
		Rosecrans went to Cincinnati to await further orders, but ultimately he would play no further part in the fighting.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/William_Starke_Rosecrans (575 words)

	Rosecrans home
		Thus Rosecrans requested a transfer to the west where he was first under Halleck, and then placed in charge of 2 divisions of the left wing of Grant's Army of the Mississippi at the battles of Iuka and Corinth.
		Rosecrans, who had joined in the flight to Chattanooga, seemed to have been demoralized by the defeat and became irresolute, although he did lay the groundwork for lifting the state of siege in which his army found itself, and for the following Union victory in the battle of Chattanooga (23-25 Nov. 1863).
		Rosecrans new the necessity of having a greater cavalry force than was at his command, but being unable to obtain it, he sought permission to raise a force of mounted infantry.
	www.aotc.net /Rosecrans_home.htm (5626 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans Biography
		William S. Rosecrans was born Sept.6, 1819 at Delaware City, Ohio, the son of Crandell Rosecrans and Jane Hopkins and the great-grandson of Stephen Hopkins, colonial Governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
		Rosecrans was a graduate of the Class of 1842 at West Point (5th in the class of 56).
		Because of the defeat, Rosecrans was relieved of command of the Army of the Cumberland and would eventually be given command of the Department of Missouri until wars end.
	www.civilwarhome.com /rosecransbio.htm (723 words)

	Californians and the Military: Major General William Starke Rosecrans 1819-1898)
		William S. Rosecrans was born on September 6, 1819 at Kingston, Ross County, Ohio, the son of Crandell and Jane (Hopkins) Rosecrans and the great-grandson of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and colonial governor of Rhode Island.
		Rosecrans was relieved of command of the Army of the Cumberland and given command of the Department of Missouri until wars end.
		William S. Rosecrans was interned in the Rosedale Cemetery and reintered in the Arlington National Cemetery on May 17, 1902.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Rosecrans.html (698 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Starke Rosecrans (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Starke Rosecrans[rOz´kranz] Pronunciation Key, 1819–98, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
		He served in the army from 1842 to 1854 and in Apr., 1861, rejoined as a volunteer.
		In Nov., 1862, Rosecrans succeeded to command of the Army of the Cumberland (formerly called the Army of the Ohio) and one month later opposed Braxton Bragg in the battle of Murfreesboro, which ended in a Confederate retreat.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rosecran.html (282 words)

	{www.fulkerson.org} General Rosecrans
		William S. Rosecrans was born at Kingston, Ohio on September 6, 1819.
		In 1862 Rosecrans was assigned command of the Army of the Mississippi.
		Midway through the battle, another general noted his "usually florid face had lost its ruddy color, and his anxious eyes told that the disasters of the morning were testing his powers to the very verge of endurance." Almost a third of his 44,000 men were killed, wounded or missing.
	www.fulkerson.org /rosecran.html (588 words)

	WILLIAMSTARKEROSECRANS, USA
		William Starke Rosecrans was born on September 6, 1819, in Delaware County, Ohio.
		Rosecrans was promoted to brigadier general to date from May 16, 1861, and served well in western Virginia.
		Rosecrans retired to his ranch in California, then was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1880.
	www.multied.com /Bio/UGENS/USARosecrans.html (273 words)

	Biography of William S. Rosecrans, Civil War figure
		Unlike Braxton Bragg, the general who opposed him at Stones River, William Rosecrans was raised in an environment that proved to be a nurturing source of strength in which he learned self confidence and developed a religious sense of right and wrong.
		Rosecrans' religious sense of righteousness could sometimes turn into self-righteousness when it came to dealing with the internal squabbles and controversies of the military.
		Rosecrans is the man to strike the blow.
	www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_rosecrans.htm (1262 words)

	rosecrans
		William Starke Rosecrans was one of the most interesting Union generals of the Civil War, and one regarded by most of his peers as one of the most capable commanders the United States possesed.
		Rosecrans was a very religious man and had been baptized and raised in the Episcopal Church.
		Rosecrans eventually left the army for the private sector, but when the war broke out in 1861 he immediately returned to the colors to preserve the Union against the southern rebels.
	www.geocities.com /josephiicrisp/rosecrans.html (812 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans - Encyclopedia.com
		William Starke Rosecrans, 1819-98, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
		In Nov., 1862, Rosecrans succeeded to command of the Army of the Cumberland (formerly called the Army of the Ohio) and one month later opposed Braxton Bragg in the battle of Murfreesboro, which ended in a Confederate retreat.
		Killing the serpent speedily: Governor Morton, General Hascall, and the suppression of the democratic press in Indiana, 1863.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Rosecran.html (507 words)

	Ohio History Central - History - 1856-1877 - People - William Starke Rosecrans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Rosecrans was born on September 6, 1819, in Delaware County, Ohio.
		Rosecrans spent the seven years before the American Civil War in several different occupational pursuits, including as an engineer, a manufacturer, an architect, and as a coal operator.
		Rosecrans was quickly promoted to brigadier general and played an active part in General George McClellan's operations in West Virginia during the summer of 1861.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /ohc/h/05/peo/rosecransws.shtml (583 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans
		Meanwhile Rosecrans was obliged to re-enforce his right, and personally directed the reformation of the wing, thereby saving it from rout, although not without very hard fighting, in which both sides lost heavily.
		General Rosecrans was relieved of his command on 23 October, and he was assigned to the Department of the Missouri in January, 1864, with headquarters in St. Louis, where he conducted the military operations that terminated in the defeat and expulsion from the state of the invading Confederate forces under General Price.
		Rosecrans was nominated first bishop, and took possession of his see on 3 March of the same year.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamstarkerosecrans (1941 words)

	Generals in Blue: Rosecrans
		On September 19-20, 1863, Rosecrans suffered a stunning defeat at Chickamauga (named for a creek, the translation for which is River of Death).
		Rosecrans was removed (later replaced by Thomas) and sent to command the Department of Missouri until the end of the war.
		William Starke Rosecrans was born on September 6, 1819, in Delaware County, Ohio.
	www.vw.vccs.edu /vwhansd/HIS269/Generals/Rosecrans.html (446 words)

	General Rosecrans
		Rosecrans was soon appointed Brigadier General in the regular Army and was a successful commander at Rich Mountain, (West) Virginia.
		Yet it was Rosecrans who developed and carried out the plans that actually gained the victory at Rich Mountain, a fact that McClellan failed to credit in the official reports.
		As Commanding General of the XIV Corps Rosecrans secured a victory at Stones River (Murfreesboro) and immediately began the reorganization of the XIV Corps into the Army of the Cumberland.
	www.richmountain.org /rosecrans.htm (729 words)

	William pharmacy Rosecrans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898), nicknamed "Old Rosy", was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer.
		Rosecrans received the command of the left wing of the Army of the Mississippi, fighting at the pharmacy battles of Iuka and Corinth.
		Nonetheless, Rosecrans assumed command of XIV Corps and was promoted to the rank of major general (in the Volunteer pharmacy Army, as opposed to his brigadier rank in the Regular pharmacy Army).
	www.onlinepharmacy-now.com /site127/Vz/W.S._Rosecrans.html (664 words)

	Because You Asked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Starke Rosecrans was born in Kingston Township September 6, 1819.
		On October 23 Rosecrans was relieved of command and in January 1864 assigned to the Department of Missouri, headquartered in St. Louis.
		Rosecrans' monument is one of the hidden treasures featured on the Big Walnut Area Historical Society's Auto Tour on October 5th.
	community.lib.oh.us /Working_SCL/LOCAL_HISTORY/Rosecrans/WSR.htm (1607 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans
		His brother, Sylvester Harden Rosecrans, first Bishop of Columbus, was also a convert.
		Born at Homer, Ohio 5 Feb., 1827, he was sent to Kenyon College, the leading Episcopalian institution of the state.
		While there in 1845 he received a letter from his brother William, then a professor at West Point, announcing his conversion to the Catholic Faith.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/rosecrans,william_starke.html (552 words)

	Historic California Posts: Buried with Honor: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
		Of the Medal recipients honored at Fort Rosecrans, three served in the Army, 12 in the Navy, and six in the Marine Corps.
		William Cronan joins the select fraternity of U.S. Navy fighting men who have been bestowed the Medal of Honor by saving the lives of several of his fellow sailors.
		William Cronan, a 22-year-old boatswain mate, was awarded the Medal of Honor for service "above the call of duty" on January 5, 1906, for helping the injured and for flooding the gunboat to prevent the ammunition from exploding.
	www.militarymuseum.org /FtRosecransNationalCemetery.html (2379 words)

	Major General William S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		General Rosecrans requested a transfer to the west, and he was placed in charge of two divisions of the left wing of Grant's Army of Mississippi.
		William Starke Rosecrans was born on September 6, 1819 in Ohio.
		William Rosecrans graduated from the United State Military Academy at West Point in 1842.
	www.civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_114.htm (366 words)

	COMBAT Magazine: Like a Duck Hit on the Head
		William Starke Rosecrans was born in Kingston Ohio, 6 September 1819.
		Rosecrans had made one of the most daring and successful maneuvers of the entire war, and he was ecstatic when he wired the news to Washington.
		On 28 January 1864, William Starke Rosecrans was given command of the Department of the Missouri, a force of 12,000 men, mostly state militia.
	www.combat.ws /S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT03N3/DUCK.HTM (3855 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions: Gardena
		The ranch, dubbed "Rosecrans Rancho," was bordered by what later was Florence Avenue on the north, Redondo Beach Boulevard on the south, Central Avenue on the east, and Arlington Avenue on the west.
		The Rosecrans property was sold in the early 1870s for $50 an acre and then broken into parcels.
		Rosecrans, a Major General in the Union Army, was born in Ohio in 1819 of Dutch descendants who had moved first to Pennsylvania before heading to Ohio.
	www.colapublib.org /history/gardena/faq.html (1934 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Rosecrans was an Ohioan, and after finishing school locally he went to West Point (class of 1842).
		Rosecrans started out on McClellan’s staff in western Virginia (he knew something of the region from the Coal River Navigation Company) and won a battle, but not the recognition, which McClellan snatched.
		Rosecrans was replaced the following month, booted out to thorny Missouri, with plenty of political but minor military problems.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=60 (653 words)

	William Starke Rosecrans by Samuel Woodson Price
		Affectionately called “Old Rosy” by his troops, William Starke Rosecrans proved to be one of the finest strategists of the war.
		This likeness of Rosecrans was painted in 1868 by Samuel Price, who, as a colonel in the 21st Kentucky Volunteers, may have known the general during the Civil War.
		At the time of the picture’s execution, Rosecrans had retired to private life and was serving as the American minister to Mexico.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /leaders_rosecrans.html (195 words)

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