Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-29
Gen, Rosecrans.

As our renders are aware, Major Gener-
al Fremont has arrivediu the city with a
portion of his staff, and will at once take
charge of this, the "Mountata Depart
ment." to which he has been assigned. A
portion of this Department has, until the
arrivalOf Gen. Fremont, been under the
command of Rrig. Gen. Rosecrans, and
is known as Ithe Department of Western
Virginia. Eastern Kentucky and Eastern
Tennessee have been added TO the Depart
ment and called, as We have said, 1.-THE
Mountain Department" In giving up the
chief command in Western Virginia & is
proper that we should make some notice of
the man who has so ably and so satisfac.
tOriIy discharged its duties, A little vol
ume, just out, furnishes US With an inter-
estiug abstract of his life. From it we
quote as fOtioWs;
William Starke Rosecrans was born in
Kingston township, Delaware county. o..
on the 9th of December, 1919. His par
ents were Craudall Rosecraus, whose an.
cestors were originally from Amsterdam,
Holland, aud Jemma Hopkins; the former
a native of Wyoming Valley, Penna, who
emigrNted to Ohio in lSO8-the latter rear
ed in the same beautiful country, and u
daughter of Il soldier of the. Revolution.
| who had for five years daily offered his
life and treasure in that struggle for Eber-
ty. The early years Of the present Gem
eral were passed in close application to his
studies, SO that AT the age of eighteen he
was well fitted for his appointment as ca
Diet at the military academy!at West Point,
| in 1898. He graduated with high hopors
in 1912, being third in mathematics and
| fifth in general merit, in u class of fifty
six, numbering many Distinguished com.
PetitOrs. He entered the Corps of Enui-
| neers as BreVet Second Lieutenant on Abe
LIST OF Juyl, 1912. and served that year at
Fortress Monroe, as first assistant, under
command of Lieut.. Colonel Il. f. De Rus
sey. He was ordered to duty at West
Point in 1913, as Assistant Professor of
Engineering.
About this period Gen. Rosecrans was
united in marriage vt st. John 5 church,
in Nav York city, to the amiable and sc.
cOmPlished Miss A. E. Hegemau, only
daughter of Adrian Hegemar, long known
and respected as one of the ablest jurists
of that city. In 1874, he was detailed as
Assistant Professor OF natural and eEperi-
mental philosophy, InslS45-7, DE served
| as Assistant and LIST Assistant Professor of
Engineering, aud had charge OF the depart.
menL to which Capt. Swift had been Az
tached, while that officer served in
Mexico, and was also for nine months Post
Quartermaster. He was ordered TO Newport
in ls4T and there took charge of the for
uhcations, and the reconstruction off large
military wharf, which bad previously been
destroyed during storm. This duty de.
Volved upon him on account ofhis reCoy-
nlHed ability as an engineer, and was then
looked upon as decided compliment, He
renamed there until 1852. In 1888 he
was charged With the survey of New Bed
ford and Providence harbOrs, aud Taunton
river, under. an. act Of Congress, appropti
Atihg a stated sum tor the purposes ofim-
proVement. In! april 1854, he was or.
dered to report for duty to the Secretary
otthe Navy, in the bureau of Docks aud
Yards, then assigned as Constructing En-
giuesr, at Washington Navy Yard, until
November 1853, when on account of i'll
health he felt compelled to resign his po-
sltion and rendered his resignation to the
secretary OF War, Jefferson Davis. The
resignation Was not accepted from a desire
to retain so Valuable an, officer in the SER
vice and leave of absences was granted.
with the lun4 srstanding that at its terninns
/ - .trs'eAI8ENtA aN3ol A1SAsbSu upon, Ut
would be accepted; which was Subsepuent-
~ done in April 1854 III y Isl IL q = 1
From that date to June 1855, General
ROseerans occupied an Office in. ,Cinein:
natl, as Consulting Epgilsep and Archi-
teet. In Ju1e 1885 he Was induced to
take charge Ofthe Interests OF the Camel
Coal Co, which. with other parties were
engaged in building locks, dams, and en-
deAvoring tn effect Slack wafer navigation
on Goal river, In Western Virginia. As SUI
periatendeut Of the work. aud Presidsnt
Ofthe Company, hesgaye great satisfaction.
but relinquished his position TO assume
control Of the Cincinnati Coal oil Com
Pauy, then making preparations for an ex-
tensive business in which he was directly !
cOncerned. The many Improvements |
perfected by him while in this capacity. |
furnish ample evidence OF the fertility Of /
his inventive genius, the depth OF. his re. |
and the activity of his enerOatio