The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-17

WILLIAM sTARKE RosEcRANs, OF CALIFORNIA.
The President has appointed General w.
s. Rosecrsns. Of California, to be Register OF
the Treasury, in tho place of Blanche X
Bruce, resigned. A salary of 81 900 year is
paid TO the incumbent of this position, who
carries heavy responsibilities. He has charge
of the great account books of the United
States, which show every receipt and dis
bursement, and from which statements are
annually made for transmission to Congress.
In addition to this colossal job of book.keep-
ing he signs and issues all bonds, Treasury
notes and other securities, and superintends
duties. some relating to shipping, fisheries,
etc., which would be tedious to enumerate'
A sketch of the career of General Rose
Grams, the new Register of the Treasury, in
wolves review of some of the most stirring
events of the civil war, and possesses unusual
interest on this account.
he was born in Kingston, o, as long Is
September 6, 1919. Choosing the life of
soldier, he was educated at West Point,
where he was graduated July l, 1872 He
served as Second Lieutenant in the United
States Corps of Engineers in April, 1S43.
Russy at Fortress Monroe. From 1913 to
1S47 he WAS an assistant professor at the
Military Academy, West Point. His next re
sponsibility was the charge of the fortIica-
TOES at Newport Rhode Island, which
he held from 1S47 to 1852 During these
five years he also had charge of the sur
veys and reports for the improvement of
New Bedford Harbor, Providence Harbor
and Taunton River. In 1852 he acted as
civil and constructing engineer in the Navy
Yard at Washington, District of Columbia.
He resigned this employment the following
year, and during the next eight years, end
irg in 1861, was consulting engineer aud
manufacturer of coal oil and prussiate of
potash.
On June 10. 1861, Rosecrsns was commits.
stoned Chief Eneir eer of the State of Ohio,
with the rank OF Colonel. The same month
he was commissioned a Colonel of the
United States Volunteer Infantry. His pro-
motion to be Brigsdier General OF the
United States Army was also given him in
1861. He held that rank until 1867, when
he resigned his commission and went to Cal
ifornje.
In the terrible years of the war the name
of Rosecrans was conspicuous ameng those
of the gallant defenders of the Union. He
was second in command 10 General McOlel-
Ian in West Virginia, where his brigade won
the battle of Rich Mountain, which estab-
lished the supremacy of the Union in West
| Virginia. While be was Commander of the
Department OF the. Ohio embracing the
States of Ohio, Michigan. Indiana and West
| Virginia, 1S61-62, West Virginia was firmly
established IS State and freed from guerilla
warfare. General Rosecran's valuable ser
vices in gaining these ADVANTAGES were
recC gniZed By the Legislatures of Ohio and
West Virginia in unanimous vote Of
thsnks.
While in command OF the Army of the
Mississippi, as successor 10 General Pope,
Rosecla ans was victor at the battle OF Iaks
September 10, 1862. He was commissioned
| Major General of Volunteers on August 10,
| 1862 the commission was subsequently ante
dated to March 10, 1862. On October and
he won the battle of Corinth. a short
| time sitter he was relieved from the com.
msnd OF the district and ordered to Cincln-
/ natl.
On October 81, 1862, he was given com.
msnd of the Fourteenth Army Corps, and
| also of the Department of the Cumberland.
While holding these positions he recognized
the command, repaired the Louisville aud
| Nashville Railroad, fortified Nashville as q
| primary depot, won the battle OF Stone
| River, fortified Murfreesboro' as a secondary
depot and from June % to July f. 1868.
made the campaign OF Tullahoms, which re-
suited in the expulsion Of the Confederate
| army from Mississippi. His services also in.
cluded the rebuilding of railroads and
bridges in the ditrict under his command
Crossing the Cumberland Mountains, Gen.
eral Rosecrsns fought the battle of Ohicka.
manga, September 10 and 90 1863. and took
and held Chattanooga. 4 month later he
was ordered to Cincinnati to await iustruc-
| tons.
he resumed active military operations on
! January 2S. 1864, in command of the De
psrtment of Missouri. His chief service in
this capacity was repelling "a invasion oy a
| Confederate Army under the command OF
General Price. Near the close of the year he
was relieved of his command.
he was mustered out OF the volunteer GER
vice, and in 1867 resign ed his commission as
Brigsdier General in ths United States
army. The same year he was offered the
| Superintendent of the California Branch
Mint at San Francisco. he declined the
appointment, and subsequently refused the
Dem ocratic nomination for Governor of Cali
fornia. General Rosecrans was q Representa-
tive in the Forty seventh and Forty-eghth
Congresses of the United States.
ALL AROUND The HOUSE.