The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-18
m.ior Gen. Rosecrans.

Major Gen. RosecFans.
w starke Rosecrans was born in Kingston
.,,nship. Delaware county, Ohio, on the 9th Of
nacember, 1919. His parents were Crsndan
posscrans. whose ancestors were originally
i'ou, Amsterdam, Holland, and Jemima Hopkins;
W. ~. former native of Wyoming valley, Penn
vi s.l,ania. who emigrated to Ohio, in 1908 the
80 reared in the same beautiful country,
i. Sd daughter of q soldier Of the Revolution,
Ano had for five years daily offered his life and
.,assure in that struggle for liberty. The early
. ua.rs Of the present General were passed in
80 snnlication to his studies, so that at the
W. of eighteen he was we'll fitted for his ap-
eee;ntnent as cadet at the Military Academy at
EWa.t point in 1888. He graduated with high
LonorsIu 1913, being third in mathematics and
ss.h in general merit, in q class Of ffty-six
numbering many distinguished competitions
Ta entered corps of engineers as brevet Sec
md lieutenant on the 1st of July, 1912, end
Oar,sa that wear at Fortress Monroe, IS first
sss;s,ont under command of Lieutenant Colon.
aIRE De Russey. He was ordered to duty
:. West Point in lS43, as assistant professor of
engineering.
about this period General Rosecrans was
,,r;ted in marriage. at st. Johns Church, in
Now York city, to the amiable and accomplish.
"A Miss A. Z. Hegeman, only daughter OF
Adrian Hegeman, long known and respected as
ono of the ablest jurists of that city. In 1874
10 was detailed as assistant professor of natur.
Al and experimental philosophy. In lS45-7,
bo served as assistant aud first assistant pro-
fessor of engineering, aud had charge Of the
denartment to which Captain Swift had been
sitached, while that officer served in Mexico,
and was also for nine months post quartermas-
Tor He was ordered to Newport in 1847.
In 1898, he was charged with the survey OF
Nav Bedford and Providence harbors, and
Taunton. under an act Of Congress, appropriat-
inc stated sum for the purpose of improve
ment. In 1854, he was ordered to report for
duty to the Secretary of the Navy, in the bu-
reau of Docks and Yards, then assigned as con-
structing engineer, at Washington Navy Yard,
until November, 1853 when, on account Of i'll
health, he felt compelled to resign his position,
and rendered his resignation to the Secretary
of War, Jefferson Davis. The resignation was
not accepted, from desire to retain SO val
liable an officer in the service, and leave of
absence was granted, with the understanding
that at its terminus, if the esgnation was in
sisted upon it would be accepted, which was
subsequently, done in April, 1904.
From that date to June, 1855, General Rose
Grams occupied an Office in Cincinnati, as con-
sultng engineer and architect When Gen.
Mcclellan was appointed, he at once selected
General Rosecrans as his aid and acting chief
engineer, with the rank Of Major. The Legis.
lature of Ohio then purposely created the Office
of Chief Engineer of the State, which was in
tended for Gen. Rosecrans and accepted by
him On tie 10th of June, 1861, he was ap.
pointed by Gov, Dennison, Colonel of the Twen-
ty.third regiment Ohio Volunteers, and was
sent upon mission to Washington City to ar
range for the maintenance and payment Of the
Ohio contingent forces. On the Goth of June
he was nominated by the President Brigadier
General in the regular army, promotion uni
versally acknowledged to be as rapid as it was
deserved, and attended with the spontaneous
appreciation of all classes and creeds of citizens
who knew his worth and estimated his merit.
When the advance into Western Virginia was
made. General Rosecrans was entrusted with q
brigade, composed of the following regiments:
The Eighth and Tenth Indiana, Seventeenth
and Nineteenth Ohio, and placed in command at
Parkersburg.
Mcclellan being called to the head of our
army of the Potomac, the 22d of July, General
Rosecraus Immediately took his place in COM
mand of the army of Western Virginia, being
appointed oath of July, On the LIST of August
Gen. Rosecrans telegrapbed to ting War Depart.
ment at Washington that the valley of the Kan.
awha was freed from the rebels, and his force
had captured one thousand muskets, quaint
Nof ammunition, SC. On the 10th of Sep
TENDER he wounded and routed Floyd, who had
sixteen pieces of artillery and FIVE or six thou
sand men at Carnifex Ferry, and again rid his
department. of rebels. The campaign having
closed in Western Virginia he was transferred
TO the Western Department, where his vigorous
and skillful policy has been marked by the most
gratifying results. He gained victory for us
only week or two since at Iuka and he now
presents fresh claim to the gratitude of his
countrymen in the victory of Corinth.