William Rosecrans

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Union Army general human military officer

William Rosecrans was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War, noted for his early successes in the Western Theater before suffering a major setback at the Battle of Chickamauga.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
William S. Rosecrans	11
Major General William S. Rosecrans	2
Rosecrans	2
William Rosecrans canonical	2
William Starke Rosecrans	2
Major General William Rosecrans	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ
allegiance	Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
birthCountry	United States of America ⓘ
birthDate	1819-09-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Delaware County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston Township, Ohio ⓘ
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
classRankAtGraduation	5th of 56 ⓘ
command	Army of the Cumberland ⓘ Army of the Ohio ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
deathCountry	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1898-03-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	Redondo Beach ⓘ surface form: Redondo Beach, California
education	United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName	William Rosecrans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rosecrans
fullName	William Rosecrans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Starke Rosecrans
givenName	William ⓘ
graduationYear	1842 ⓘ
honor	Fort Rosecrans ⓘ Rosecrans Avenue in Los Angeles County, California ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Major General ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Battle of Iuka ⓘ Battle of Rich Mountain ⓘ Battle of Stones River ⓘ Second Battle of Corinth ⓘ Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
notableFor	defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ early Union successes in the Western Theater ⓘ
numberOfChildren	8 ⓘ
politicalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld	Register of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: Register of the Treasury of the United States U.S. Representative from California ⓘ
preWarProfession	businessman ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	George H. Thomas ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
serviceYears	1842–1854 ⓘ 1861–1867 ⓘ
spouse	Anna Elizabeth Hegeman ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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Battle of Chickamauga → commander → William Rosecrans ⓘ

Battle of Chickamauga → unionCommanderRank → William Rosecrans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major General William Rosecrans

Don Carlos Buell → successorInCommand → William Rosecrans ⓘ