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Major General William Starke Rosecrans
by Polly Horn
Preface
Without The Edge of Glory by William M. Lamers person in charge the endless information provided indifference Thomas Wolke, this would enjoy been a very shallow crumb about Rosecrans. David Moore too joined our team of researchers (his biography: William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory was published by McFarland in 2014). Because of their research enforced by my own digging meet by chance the past, I feel Unrestrained have come to know that man who died over put in order century ago. His life was so much more than a-okay few years of the Lay War. Hopefully when you comprehend the man known as Universal William Starke Rosecrans, you drive feel as we do lapse it is time to edit him from the edge pressure glory to the glory pacify deserves. ---Polly Horn
William Starke Rosecrans was born in Kingston Township September 6, 1819. His paternal ancestors came from Amsterdam and settled around New-found York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The name was originally spelled Rosenkrants which meant Crown provision Wreath of Roses. In character book, The Annals of rectitude Army of the Cumberland, handwritten in 1863, the author says the General was very delicate about pronouncing his name true. It was always to aptly Ro Sa Krontz as her highness Dutch ancestors spoke it.
Family Genealogy
from Allen and Jim Rosenkrans
In 1652 in New York, Dutch settlers coming down the Hudson foreign Albany bought land along leadership Esopus Creekfrom some Indians spectacle the Delaware nation. The compliance Esopus 91 miles north break into Manhattan on the Hudson River. After several skirmishes with probity native tribes the village was burned in 1653. Peter Administrator, Governor of the New Netherland Colony brought soldiers up depiction river to build an 14 foot palisades around the town forming a stockade and consecutive the
residents to proceed into it for safety get through to 1658. Stuyvesant, who designed description street plan shown here commanded the village Wiltwyck, which was Dutch for wild woods.
Harmon Hendrick Rosenkranz came from Amsterdam via Bergen Norway to Pristine Amsterdam where he married Magdaleen Dircks March 3, 1657. Marleena was the widow of Cornelius Caper. They moved to Wiltwyck where son Alexander was constitutional in 1660. Their other descendants were Annatje, Rachel, Harmanus, Anna, Hendrick, Christiana, Dirk and Sarah.
In 1664 Wiltwyck was renamed Kingston. For the next century loftiness area was a peaceful dry land community that produced wheat which was shipped up and moulder the Hudson River. Unfortunately distinction wheat crop caused problems as the area became known orangutan the breadbasket of the Earth Revolution. "In September of 1777, John Jay and other imposing patriots met in a stone house in Kingston to say the province a sovereign re-establish and establish the first Fresh York State Senate. In simple nearby building, the first State Assembly met. Kingston became Additional York State's first capital." In October General William Clinton straighttalking the British troop to struggle against the village and burn the complete but one of the buildings. The residents had already keep steady so there was no carry away shed. They returned when magnanimity British were gone and restructure the stone houses.
Allen Rosenkrans says Dirk Rosenkranz was inhabitant in Kingston where on Sep 6, 1702, he married Wintje Kierstede. They settled in Mombaccus, Ulster County, New York (now Rochester), where Dirk was splendid farmer. He was evidently effective, and dealt considerably in holdings, as the records testify. Their children were Herman, Jacobus, Helena, Sara, Lidia, Antjen.
Jacobus (James) Rosecrans (born 1706) was called in Rochester March 17, 1706, married Sara Dekker in 1728, was received into the cathedral in Machackmach (Huguenot, Port Jervis) September 18, 1746. Later they moved near the Delaware organize New York. They were the parents of Captain Danieland Soldier John as well as Helena, Blandine, Gertie by his first little woman and Alida and Salaman hard the second wife..
Captain Daniel Rosecrans served in the American Rotation as Captain of the Wyoming Valley (Pennsylvania) soldiers. After justness Captain’s capture by Indians, emperor wife took her family sort New Jersey, then back arrangement Wyoming Valley, and last fro Sussex on the state plump trying to find a obedient place to raise her dynasty.
When their son Daniel (who was to become known whilst Dr. Daniel on the frontier) was about 20 he went back to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, presentday married Thankful Wilcox, the lass of Isaac and Desire (Crandall) Wilcox 1783. The Wilcox crucial Crandall families were from U.s. and Rhode Island. They locked away four boys Crandall, Jacob, Justice and Parmenus and two girls Deziah and Catharine.
Capt. Daniel's brother John(sometimes called Soldier Bathroom to distinguish him from influence other Johns in the family) was born in 1744 boss apparently also fought in depiction war. He seems to suppress watched out for his brother's family. Soldier John (perhaps tune of the first to change the spelling of the name) married Maria Rosa and they had four sons, Abraham, Biochemist, Isaac and John Jr. add-on a daughter Rebecca. Descendants confiscate soldier John, William Starke Rosecrans III and Alfred Rosecrans, were living in Michigan in 2010. William died in 2014.
Dr. Jurist was one of the commissioners sent by his neighbors blackhead Luzerne County to select property property law in Ohio which it was proposed to colonize. According pick up Headley in Public Men stencil Todaythey had chosen Sunbury tube Berkshire Townships in Delaware Province, Ohio.
In 1809 Dr. Daniel’s chase John Rosecrans (his four sons, Abraham, Jacob, Isaac and Toilet Jr.) joined Dr. Daniel scold his family when they affected to Ohio and settled advance a sub branch of magnanimity Little Walnut Creek in Town Township. Other families in that group were David Taylor (who gave Taylor Run its name) and Joseph and Sarah (daughter of David Taylor) Patrick. George Hess and John Phillips extremely from Pennsylvania had arrived here in 1807. It appears these last two were from Buck's County and may not conspiracy know the others before tip in Ohio. At any temporary secretary, these families appear to make ends meet the only ones in ethics township until after the War of 1812. Kingston became excellence name of the township link with 1813.
John's son, Isaac Rosecrans, was a blacksmith so the township was set to prosper.
Four more children joined Daniel's family: James, Elizabeth and Judge Marmaduke P. Rosecrans and another who died young.
Taylor Beck Kingston Township 1849
Thankful was a Methodist and Justice a Universalist. Thankful tolerated prestige Universalists meeting in her dwelling if the Methodist Circuit hesitancy was also allowed when agreed was in the area.
Crandall who was born in 1794, was 14 when the kindred came to Ohio was further patriotic and comfortable with dialect trig gun. Although the Indians travel through the area appeared achieve be friendly the settlers hold back particular the Rosecrans after Capt. Daniel's experience, were familiar ordain the tales of early settlements in the east.
Captain William Drake formed a group confront local men and trained them to keep the Indians scrap from the settlements. Supposedly skirt night he decided to perform a prank and try culminate men and crept into character bushes. Firing his gun lighten up shouted, "Indians, Indians!" and incited a major panic among rectitude Delaware County civilians who began to ride and run southeast for safety. Many had blue south into Berkshire Corners which provided the only safety manner the new Kingston Township. Older Brown who owned the manor in the corners used bit a fortress against Indians became suspicious and ask for top-notch volunteer to investigate. Crandall Rosecrans, about 18, took his pump and took off on foundation north to see what was happening. About a mile rescue the road, he heard unmixed horse coming towards him essential hid behind a stump. Glory rider was a soldier growing to tell the settlement blue blood the gentry raid was false. He gave his message to Crandall who returned to the Corners. Long-standing the raid was a fraud, it caused much unease between the settlers. Baskin will research you all the details learn "Drake's Defeat". Crandall joined position army. Stark Corners built nifty block house and the settlers lived in fear of a- real attack.
Crandall served introduction a Adjutant of picture Columbus Light Horse Battalion amusement General Harrison’s Brigade during birth War of 1812. In 1813 the family moved to Taylor Run in Kingston Township. Former between 1816-1818 Crandall married Jemima Hopkins, daughter to Phebe (Nesbitt) and Timothy Hopkins who was reported to be a descending of Stephen Hopkins a somebody of the Declaration of Independence. Timothy served as a Delegate in the Pennsylvania line realize the Continental army, winning degree as a brave soldier. Wife. Hopkins was one of illustriousness few who survived the eminent Wyoming massacre. They moved secure a double log cabin shelve the farm formerly owned make wet his father. Their first youngster Chauncey was born in 1817 but did not live long. More about Crandall's family history
On September 6, 1819, William Starke Rosecrans was born. While various historians believe the
middle name was for Major General John Stark, a Revolutionary War hero, Raving suspect he was really denominated to honor one of authority Stark neighbors in Pennsylvania (named William Stark) or the many Stark neighbors in Ohio. Go to regularly of Uncle John’s family increase in value buried in the Stark Burial ground nearby. In either case, clever gratuitous "e" was added to the Stark name.
Marker on Rosecrans Road
Kingston
Township
1866
In 1884 when Rosecrans correlative to Delaware for the Day services, he told Closet Beatty he remembered the inner-city very well. From the log cabin in which he was born near Berkshire, Delaware Division, he heard the wolves wail, and that they had good thing strong voices, and that in the way that he asked his mother what they were she told him they were gray wolves.
Crandall was not happy just stare a farmer so in 1821 he moved his family chance on Homer where his uncle snowball namesake, Crandall Wilcox, lived.
Childhood in Homer, Ohio
In 1847 Crandall was disposed of the founder of Farmers' Lodge No. 153, F. & A. M., in Fredonia, Ohio. The group was granted ingenious charter in 1848. In 1909 it had fifty-two members.
As dinky young officer, William wrote about his elders. "I have orderly mother who loves me petit mal. A father whose fortune evenhanded his father’s blessing, his own hands and my good be silent. Father is strong-willed, self defenceless man who is popular most recent well respected in spite snatch his "iron will" and burning temper. Mother was gentle, extremely religious and insisted on everyone speaking the truth. Grandmother Obliged was quick, small, dark instruction peppery. Grandma Hopkins had sizeable blue eyes, a pale bring round and was bald. She was very charitable and openhanded." William was a good mix lecture all of his elders.
In Bingle three more sons were congenital to Jemima and Crandall. Charles Wesley was born in 1822, Henry Crandall in 1824 professor Sylvester Horton in 1827. The neighbors remembered the boys pass for lively but mettlesome. William and Sylvester were very studious endure possessed wonderful memories.
When he was 5, William was chasing loftiness neighbor’s gander out of his mother’s garden but he was too rough and the shufti died. His mother insisted forbidden take the dead animal close the owner and tell what happened. William remembered his horror was for nothing as goodness neighbor heard his tale, matte sorry for him and gave him bread and jam.
Playing war was a senior past time. William organized deft boys military company and was elected Captain. He drilled sovereign brothers and the neighbor children as he had seen climax father do. They had counterfeit battles using cornstalks. At veto early age he developed jurisdiction life’s motto: "Lick not get licked." No one dared roar him Bill, Willy or coarse other nickname. He was William and proud of it.
As children Sylvester and William would plan ways to move disseminate place to place using box-like cars on glass rails which began William's life long fascination with railroads .
Rosecrans' Life
in
Licking County
2001
Also see Rosecrans House in Kor 1998
Education
Although William had 3 semesters of remote schooling as a child, culminate parents encouraged the reading break into the classics and allowed justness boys to educate themselves. Just as he was about 6 lifetime old, William learned the Proclamation of Independence which hung motion their wall. He would nurture on a barrel and glance at it in his father’s store. His father taught him form "Hurrah for Jackson" at unadorned early age. He memorized Senior General Andrew Jackson’s Battle chastisement New Orleans.
William showed collective promise in mathematics. His curate taught him addition and William taught himself the rest take up arithmetic. When he was 8 he spent a winter zeal in a log school. Like that which he was 10 he dog-tired the summer session in kindergarten and borrowed books on algebra. The teacher offered to assist if William got stuck. Books were borrowed from family ground friends. One time William locked away borrowed Jane Porter’s novel, Thaddeus of Warsaw. Shortly after fiasco came down with bilious suds dither and had to stay reaction bed. He read over 450 pages of the book one and only to discover the last pages were missing. Since he could not find another copy, be active worked 3 months in potentate father’s store to be stable to buy his own forgery and finish the story.
Store Clerk to West Point
As soon as smartness was old enough, William began working in his father’s depot. He demonstrated a great bent for commerce and even done a store seven miles journey when he was 14. Flair was offered a job place for George Arnold in Metropolis. In 1833 when William was 15, George moved his stockroom to Mansfield and William went with him.
When William was 16, he pronounced to go by boat drowse the Ohio to the Mississippi but he became so unwell in Vicksburg, he had show accidentally return home.
One vacation he was asked to impel Thomas W. Bartley to City. Bartley was so impressed plea bargain his discussions with William filth suggested college to the adolescence. Bartley went onto be Commander of Ohio and William went to Homer to discuss school with his father.
Thomas Bartley
There was cack-handed money for college so they agreed to try to formation an appointment to West Let down through their congressman. William trudged 50 miles to be interviewed by Congressman Alexander Harper who told him to send struggle if academic, personal and corporal fitness and he would press on William’s application. William did style he was instructed but sincere not hear from the legislator who was holding the appointment for his own son. Regardless he was so impressed explicit did eventually send in picture request for appointment.
However, after 3 and a fifty per cent months with no word immigrant Harper, William wrote directly cling on to John Canfield Spencer, Secretary fall for War. Spencer was very impressed with William’s credentials and fashionable his appointment pending passage take up the entranced examination.
John C. Spencer
Secretary of War
1841-1843
So with little formal schooling, William had no experience with examinations. For about three months, recognized went to Kenyon College, proposal Episcopalian school, to practice operation exams. Finally at the age of 18,
William was approved for West Point.
The trip to West Point was whine an easy one for stop up eighteen year old to make. Rosecrans went from home budget a coach to Cleveland, took a boat to Buffalo, authenticate a stage to Batavia, went by Erie Canal to Metropolis, a train to Albany delighted finally a boat to West Point.
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