William Starke Rosecrans
Inscription
Born 1819, he was an 1842 graduate of West Point. He lived in Kanawha County, 1855-57; headed the Coal River Navigation Company. A Civil War general, he directed the early Union offensive in WV and later commanded Army of the Cumberland. Postwar, he was U.S. Minister to Mexico, Register of the Treasury, and congressman.
Died in 1898 and is buried in Arlington Cemetery.
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