William Starke Rosecrans was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent battles in the Western theater of the American Civil War. However, his military career declined after his defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.
HEADQUARTERS, Gallatin, November 14, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS: A dispatch from Colonel Kennett, just received, states that one of his scouts had just returned from Lebanon, and tells him that Morgan…
HEADQUARTERS, Nashville, Tenn. HEADQUARTERS, Nashville, Tenn., November 14, 1862. General ROSECRANS : DEAR Sir: Permit me to give you the following positive information, viz: Forrest, with 1,200 to 1,500 cavalry…
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, November 14, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Three regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and four pieces of artillery will reach Campbellsville to-day and Columbia to-morrow or next day. The…
November 15, 1862. Camp at Stoneâs River, November 15, 1862. Maj. JoHN A. CAMPBELL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Right Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps: Masor: Your communication by courier came to hand…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 15, 1862. General ROSECRANS: I have just received your dispatch directing the selection of a site for a field-work, to cover and protect the railroad at this…
Washington Washington, November 17, 1862. Major General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Two thousand five hundred cavalry arms were sent to Louisville for your army. All revolving rifles that can be…
DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBURLAND, Gallatin, November 17, 1862. General Crittenden informs me that T. J. Wood occupies Lebanon, Tenn., and that one brigade of his occupies Rural Hill. I am…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington Otty, D. O., November 18, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Sixteen hundred revolving ritles, all that are now manufactured in the United States, have been purchased,…
November 18, 1862. November 18, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : I understand the obstructions placed in the Cumberland by the rebels some 50 miles above Smithland can be readily…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Please inform me what troops you want that are now in Kentucky. I must know, in order…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Please inform me what troops you want that are now in Kentucky. I must know,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OGIO, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Bruce has been ordered. I hope rebels will fight in Tennessee, but…
HEADQUARTERS, Cincinnati, November 20, 1862. I have ordered General Boyle to send three of the four regiments now along the line of railroad to Bowling Green, with a battery, which…
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1862. I have directed that the order of Colonel Bruce, in regard to the hotel at Russellville, be at once countermandéd by him, and that he…
Nashville, November 22, 1862. Major-General THoMAs, Commanding. Center : GENERAL: The commanding general desires the following movement of troops to be made, under your direction, immediately: General Dumontâs command from…
_ HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 22, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : According to Grangerâs last return, he had, all told, about 15,000…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, November 22, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : According to Granger’s last return, he had, all told, about 15,000 men to resist Kirby…
Cincinnati, November 23, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : âI shall be very glad to exchange the entire brigade at Munfordville for an equal number of Kentucky…
Cincinnati Cincinnati, November 23, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : ‘I shall be very glad to exchange the entire brigade at Munfordville for an equal number of…
Gallatin, November 26, 1862. Col. J. P. GARESOHE, Chief of Staff : Have ordered Rousseau to send two of his best regiments in wagons to intercept rebel cavalry, and capture…
Washington Washington, November 26, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : General Buell had a large pontoon train. What has become of that, and why is another required?…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 26, 1862. General ROSECRANS : I learn to-day that a portion of Morgan’s cavalry is in Cairo bend of the Cumberland. If so, cannot some cavalry be…
Washington, November 27, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : The General-in-Chief authorizes you to order from Cincinnati such a pontoon train as you require. .Canvas boats are not to be…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 27, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : The General-in-Chief authorizes you to order from Cincinnati such a pontoon train as you require. .Canvas boats are not…