The age-herald., 1898-03-12
SOLDIER AND STATESMAN
Alter Labor of More Than Three Score
 and Ten to Reap the Reward.
DEFENDED THE STARS AND BARS
And Represented His People Creditably in the Halls of Congress-A Public Burial the Climax to a Use--
 fuI Life.

Ls' Angeles, Cal, March Il. Ge1 n v s. Rosecrans died this morning at ' o'clock at his home near Redondo.
 The old warriors death was peaceful in the extreme. For several days he has
 been between life and death, at times un- conscious and again in a comatose state. His splendd vitality has kept him alive for days. When it was known that the end was near, all the watchers at the bedside were ready at any time ito see the last. At the bedside when the end came were son and daughter of General Carl and Anna Rosecrans and a number of immedi-
 ate friends of the family, besides teh at tending physician, Dr. Hayes.
 General Rosecrans was stricken with no
 particular disease, and the end came through general weakening of the sys- tenn. When he was first stricken, more
 than two weeks ago, it was not supposed
 the ailment was more than an attack of
 the grip, but though he rallied several
 times, the physician never he'd out much
 hope for recovery, and for the last three
 days the family and friends have known the end was very nsar. The place where
 he died is called Rosecrans, in honor of him, and is near station on the Redondo railway about twelve miles from this city.
 The General had maIde his home there on
 large ranch, devoted to fruit raising for several yearS.
 Carl ta p.ecrans th. onlt son of the Gem eral, returned here only few weeks ago from a long stay in old Mexico and the south. When he returned he did not real ize that the earthly career of the old yet eran was so nearly over, but he had de- cided it would be well to be near at hand. The third child, a daughter, now Mrs. O'Toole, is now at Helena, Mont, where she and hen husband live.
 General RosecranS was possessed of a fine property and his last days were spent in peace and plenty
 Born in Ohie
 William Stark Rosecrans was born in Kingston, Delaware county, Ohio, Septe1n- Der G. 1879. His parents were of old Dutch stock. He was raised on farm and eau cated at the public schools. He clerkeo in store, and in 1887 applied to the Sec retary of War for appointment to the West Point Military Academy. He was appointed, and graduated in 1S42 He en- tered the engineer corps as second heu- tenant and reported for duty at Foruess Monroe. In 1S43 he went to west Poiipl us assistant professor in the engineering de- partment. -., Lieutenant Rosecrans resigned in April, 1s54 and went to Cincinnati to engage n the coal mining business
 At the beginning of the war, Gen. Rose u came evident that military operations must become necessary to crush the reoeihon, he offered his services to Gov. Dennison' of Ohio, and he was requested to act as engineer and lay out Camp Dennlsoh' lie went to Washington later and was gwen the position of chief engineer of Ohio with the rank of colonel. He> was com missioned colonel of the Twenty-th1rd ohao regiment, later, entered the field and With in three days was commissioned brigadler- l Gnld n ginia at once His first important action
 was at Richmount mountain, which he won.
 Succeeded McCieIland Gen. Rosecrans succeeded Gen. McClel- land in the department of Ohio. He had commanded the national forces and de- feated Gen. John B. Floyd at Carnifax
 Ferry, Sept. 1O 1861, thwarting Lees at
 tempt to get a footing in Western V1r-
 ginia He participated in the battle of
 Corinth, and afterward took command of
 the Army of the Mississippi He defeated Gen. Sterling Price and pursued him for
 forty miles. He was made commander of
 the Department of the Cumberland, which
 position he held from Oct. 27, 1862 to Oct. 19 1S63 He commanded in the battle about Murfreesboro, one of the bloodiest
 and most decisive of the war. He drove
 Bragg out of Middle Tennessee in fifteen
 days.
 Gen. Rosecrans commanded at the great
 battle around Chattanooga and held Chat
 tanooga, the objective point. The battle
 was a victory for the confederates. Gen.
 Rosecrans was relieved in Oct. 1864 and was
 assigned to the department of the Missouri.
 He was mustered out of the volunteer ser-
 vice in January, 1866, and resigned from the
 army in March, 1867. He had been breveted
 major-general. He was appointed min
 fster to Mexico in July, 1S6S and held the
 office until June, 1S69 He mined in
 Mexico and manufactured powder in San
 Francisco. He was elected to congress
 from California in 1881, and served four
 years He then settled on ranch near
 Redondo, Los Angeles county, Cal, and
 spent the last years of his life quietly. His
 wife, the daughter of Judge Hegeman, of
 New York, died in 1878. Three children,
 Carl Rosecrans, Mrs. J. K. Toole, of Hell
 ena, Mont, and Miss Anna Rosecrans sur
 vive him.
 Arrangements are being made to have
 a public funeral for Gen. Rosecrans, in
 which all the military bodies of this city
 and section will participate. A request
 will be made to have the body lie in state
 in the city hall until the funeral. The body
 is now in this city.