The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-18
ROSECRANS rs DEAD.
A FAMOUS WARRIOR LOSES
HIS LAST FIGHT.
He Was One of the Prominent Figures
of the Civil war-served as Minister
to Mexico and Was IN Congress From
California for Two Terms

Los ANGELES, CAL, March 2.-Gen-
eral w. S. Rosecrans died yesterday
morning at o'clock at his home near
Redondo.
At the beginning of the war, Gen
eral Rosecrans was private citizen.
When it became evident that military
operations must become necessary to
crush the rebellion he offered his
services to General Dennison of Ohio
and he was requested to act as en-
gineer and lay out Fort Denn!son.
He went to Washington later, and
was given the positio of chief engin-
eer of Ohio, with the rank of colonel.
He was commissioned colonel of the
Twenty-third Ohio regiment, later
entered the field, and within three
days was commissioned brigadier gen.
eral.
General Rosecrans took the field in
West Virginia ut once. His first i'm
portant action was at Rich Mountain,
which he won. He then succeeded
General McClelland in the Depart
ment of Ohio and defeated General
John b. Floyd at Carnifex Ferry, Sep
TENDER 10, 1861, thwarting Lees at
tempt to gain footing in Western
Virginia. The battle of Cori1th was
another of Rosecrans' victories.
Transferred to the command of the
Army of the Mississippi, he defeated
General Sterling Price ct Iuka, and
and pursued him forty miles until re-
called by Grant The army was with
out maps of middle Tennessee and
General Rosecrans sent out engineers
in squads and soon supplied all the
Union divisions with charts
The campaign that eliminated in
the battle of Murfreesboro was one of
the most brilliant of the war. Rose
Grams was nearly 200 miles from
Louisville, and nearly 800 from Gin
cinnati, his two bases of supplies. He
fortified Nashville for a secondary
basis, tested its capacity and swung
out to Murfreesboro, Tenn, thirty
three miles south on the turnpike,
where General Bragg was stationed,
hanked by a body of cavalry that
considerably outnumbered the Union
forces. The battle of Murfreesboro,
or Stone river, was fought December
81, 1868 1t ended January 3, with
the retreat of the Confederates along
Duck river The battle was one of
the most severe of the war The loss
to the national forces was 9, 511, to the
Confederates, 9,236. On account of
the victory Congress passed resolu-
ton of thanks to General Rosecrons
In fifteen days Rosecrans had driven
Bragg out of Middle Tennessee.
General Rosecrans commanded at
the great battle of Chicamauga, and
held Chattan ooga, the objective POINT
The battle, however, was victory
for the Confederates. General Rose
Grams was relieved in October, 1864,
and assigned to the Department of the
Missouri where he drove out General
Sterling Price, who had invaded that
state.
General Rosecrans was mustered
out in volunteer service in January,
1866, and resigned from the army in
March 1867. He had been brevetted
major general He was appointed
minister to Mexico in July, 1863, 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 served four years.
His last years were spent quietly on
his ranch. Three children, Carl Rose
Grams, Mrs j. X. Toole of Helena,
Mont, and Miss Anna Rosecrans, sur
viva him