The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-03-15
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Gen. W. S. ROsecrans Dies at His Home
Near RedOndO, CaI.-Brief Sketch of His

Gen. w. S. Rosecrans Dies at His Home
Near RedOndO, Cal-Brief Sketch of His
Life.
Los ANGELES, Cal, March 12-Gen.
W. S. Rosecrans died Friday 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 unconscious and again in a coma
tose state. His splendid 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 to see the last.
At the bedside when the end came
were a son and daughter of the gen.
eral, Carl and Anna Rosecrans, and a
number of immediate friends of the
family, besides the attending ply
5ician, DR.. Hayes.
William Stark Rosecrans was born in Kings
ten. Delaware county. o, September 6, 1919.
HIS parents were of old Dutch stock. He was
raised on a farm and educated at the public
schools. He clerized in 4 store and in 1897 APP
piled to the secretary of war for appointment
to the West Point military academy. He was
appointed and graduated in 1912. He entered
ported for duty OF Fortress Monroe. In l843 he
went to West Point as assistant professor in
the engineering department.
Lieut. ROsecrans resigned from the army in
April, 1854. and went to Cincinnati to engage in
the coal mining business.
At the beginning of the war Gen. RosecranS
was private citizen. When it became evil
dent that military operations must become
necessary to crush the rebellion, he offered his
services to Gen. DenniSon, OF Ohio, and he was
requested TO act as engineer and lay out Fort
DennSon. He went to Washington later
and was given the position of chief engineer
Of Ohio, with the rank of colonel He was
commissioned colonel of the Twenty Third
Ohio regiment later and entered the field and
within three days was commissioned brigadier
general. He took the field in West Virginia
at once His first important action was at
Rich mountain. which he won.
Gen. Rosecrans succeeded Gen. Mcclellan in
the department of Ohio. He had commanded
the national forces and defeated Gen. John B.
Floyd at Carnifax Ferry, September TO- 1861,
thwarting Lees attempt to get a footing
in Western Virginia. He participated in the
battle of Corinth and afterward took COM
mand of the army of the Mississippi. He de-
feated Gen. Sterling Price and pursued him
for 40 miles. He was made commander of the
Department of the Cumberland which posi-
ton he held from October 81, 1862, to October
19, 1863. 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 Is days.
Gen. Rosecrans commanded at the great bat
tie around Chattanooga and held Chattanooga,
the objective point The battle was victory
for the confederates Gen. RosecranS was re-
lieved in October, 1854 and was assigned to the
| department of the Missouri He was mus
! tered out of the volunteer service in January,
| 1885, and resigned from the army in March
| 1867 He had been brevetted major general
He was appointed minister to Mexico
| in July, 1868. and held the Office until
| June, 1869. He mined in Mexico and
| manufactured powder in San Francisco. He
was elected to congress from California in 1881
and Servered 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 1873. Three children Car
RoSecrans, Mrs J. K. Toole, of Helena, Mont.
and Miss Anna ROSecranS. survive him.