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Rosecrans, William Starke

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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American general, born at Kingston, Ohio; trained as an engineer, he had settled down to coal-mining when the Civil War broke out; joined the army in 1861, and rapidly came to the front; highly distinguished himself during the campaigns of 1862-63, winning battles at Iuka, Corinth, and Stone River; but defeated at Chickamauga he lost his command; reinstated in 1864 he drove Price out of Missouri; has been minister to Mexico, a member of Congress, and since 1885 Registrar of the U.S. Treasury; b . 1819.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rosecrans, William Starke'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/rosecrans-william-starke.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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