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.
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, November 27, 1862. General ROSECRANS : Colonel Hall telegraphs the following from Munfordville: M from Gooseh rt M t Pace’s this ing, 4,000 stro: Simi Peed aniy-toree sway…
Nashville, Tenn., November 29, 1862. Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Louisville: Dispatch received from Bradfordsville, via Lebanon, from J. D. Hale, states that Captain Finley, with 30 men, had arrived…
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON, November 30, 1862. General ROSECRANS: A reliable scout, just in from Cumberland Gap, says there are there one regiment of Mississippi infantry (mostly sick) and part of battalion…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE, Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 2, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Commanding United States Forces, Nashville, Tenn. : GENERAL: I am in receipt of your communication of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Frankfort, Ky., December 2, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Your telegram in regard to Granger received. I am hard run for men, but think…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Frankfort, Ky., December 2, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Your telegram in regard to Granger received. I am hard run for men, but think…
Lexington, Ky., December 3, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : . Johnsonâs regiment not ready. Oanât get arms or horse equipments for them. Canât figure out a force to replace…
Cincinnati, Ohio, December 4, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn: : Intelligence received from , that Humphrey Marshall has near 3,000 troops at Abingdon, Kingsport, and Whitesburg; and that the rebels…
Cincinnati, Ohio, December 4, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. RosSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : The First and Second East Tennessee, and part of the Fifth, are still at Louisville, awaiting transportation…
Oamp at Edgefield, December 6, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS: GENERAL: General Rousseau has just left camp. His division has not all arrived yet. Twenty-eighth Brigade is expected to arrive tomorrow evening.…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, Oamp at Edgefield, December 6, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS: GENERAL: General Rousseau has just left camp. His division has not all arrived yet. Twenty-eighth Brigade is expected to…
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, December 6, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Oommanding Department of the Oumberland : GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, December 7, 1862. General ROSECRANS: General Boyle telegraphs, as coming from you, that Forrest left Columbia for araid into Kentucky, via Clarksville. Is this reliable? And do you…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, December 7, 1862. General ROSECRANS: If I knew the locality of the enemy, I could use Fry’s entire division, about 8,000, I believe, and leave General Dumont to…
BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN, December 7, 1862. General ROSECRANS: I have received reliable information that 250 rebel cavalry are in Barren County, over the river, 12 miles from Scottsville. The…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, August 11, 1863. General ROSECRANS : I have just turned over to Col. W. P. Innes the road, with trains in position. Invoices of property will be made…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Nelson, Ky., August 13, 1863. Major-General ROSECRANS : Shall endeavor to start Saturday [15th,] moving a brigade of cavalry from Glasgow, a division of infantry from Danville, and…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, Winchester, August 14, 1863. [General W. S. Rosecrans :] GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report as to the condition of my command…
HEADQUARTERS TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS, Winchester, August 14, 1863. [General W. S. Rosecrans :] GENERAL: I have the honor to make the following report as to the condition of my command…
Washington Washington, August 15, 1863. General W. S. RosEcRANS, Winchester, Tenn. . Telegram received. One thousand sets of horse equipments will be sent to Captain Townsend, Nashville, from Pittsburg and…
HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, Ky., August 18, 1863. Major-General ROSECRANS: We have had a serious delay in mounting the cavalry and accumulating forage and subsistence, but all the columns are in…
CRAB ORCHARD CRAB ORCHARD, August 19, 1863. General ROSECRANS: An order has been received at General Boyle’s headquarters directing him to send away all of the orderlies at his headquarters.…
CRAB ORCHARD CRAB ORCHARD, August 21, 1863. General ROSECRANS: The following are the orders I have issued to Major-General Hartsuff, which will explain itself :* The above order will explain…
HEADQUARTERS FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Bolivar, Ala., August 22, 1863. Major-General RosECRANS, Commanding Department of the Cumberland : Colonel Van Derveer, commanding brigade at the mouth of Battle Creek, told Captain…