The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-10-05
/ Brief Biography of Bri-adie- General
RU>euCTaIi-.

General William Starhe Eosencrans was
born In the county Of Dcleware. state OF
OHIO, on the 9th Of September, 1919 lis
ancestors on the fathers side were oiigi-
na.iy from Amsterdam. and on the moth
=! :, they wcre OF the Pennsylvania Hop
kuscs, one OF whom signed The Declarat ton
Of lndcpeudg nee. Al the age Of ci-hteen
on his Osu direct application 10 the Secrc-
tary OF War, (the Hon Joel T. Poinsctt).
he was appointed cadet at West Point. in
the year 1881. He graduated among the
five and became brevet Lieutenant OF en-
gineers, in 1872. His first military sta
tiOn was Fortress Monroe were he remain
eti one year first assistant 10 Colonel X
Deliu>,y. In August, 1913, he married
Miss El!z1 Iegeman, an accomplished and
worthy representative OF the old hew York
family of that name. and was ordered to
the West to act as Assistant Professor Of
Enc!He' RUG and Natural Philosophy.
After remaining four years at the Acad-
eny, he was transferred TO Newport, Rhode
Island, and made ginee-iu-chief Of the
Notifications at Fort Adams During his
stay there, from lSi1 to 1888, he was
charged with sun eys of New Bedford
iiarbor and Taunton river, Massachusetts,
and plans of fortitcations. which he exc.
cutcd TO the satisfaction of the War De.
partment. In 1875 he was made construct.
ing Engineer nj the Navy Yard. Washing.
ton. Dis Iict of Columbia In November.
1886, he resigned his commission in the
army, and engaged in civil cncineerin q
and architecture in the city of Cincinnati
In 1919 he accepted the superintendcncy
OF the Camel Coal Company OF Coal River.
kanawha Court House, Virginia, and
Presidency of the Coal River Navigation
Company, which he retained until April.
1897, when he removed to Cincinnati. and
engaged III the manufacture of coal O |
and prussiate of potash. This was Lii,
business when he was called bv Major
General Mcclellan to act a. chief en- sineer
and aid dc camp and thence, shortly after.
promoted to Brigadier Generalship in the
regular army.
In all these various positions General
Rosencrans has exhibited the most un.
firing indus r., indomitable energy a d
spotleSs integrity. None ever knew him
whose respect and confidence he did no,
command; and the writer of this sketch
could not repress a smile when, among
certain papers kindly submitted to his
/ inspection by the amable and accomplish.
cd Mrs. Rosencrans, he lit upon 4 letter
dated Washington, August l. 1854, testify
iHS 10 4Mr. hosencFahs nlSn aOiiltieS, In
tegrity and energy and signed jefferson
/ Davis"
Socially, the General suits to the refine
nlent of the gentleman the frank, free
/ spoken manner so taking among our
/ Western population. In person he is lit
+ tie above the middle height, rather thin
and very erect, with no feature Of so strik
/ ing as his broad forehead and clear gray
/ eyes Gen RoSencrans is IL member of the
Roman Crtholic Church,-Harper's WefkLy
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