Ink signature on a 2 ¼” x ¾” paper.  “W. S. Rosecrans / Maj. Genl.” The rank which he includes below his signature was bestowed on him on 3/12/62.  Good condition, some soiling. Small tear inward from left edge.

William Starke Rosecrans graduated 5th in the Class of 1842 at West Point. Serving in the Engineers he took no part in the war with Mexico. During the Civil War he served out West. He is best known for commanding the Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Stones River. He then maneuvered the Confederates out of Chattanooga but was defeated at Chickamauga. Rosecrans retired from the military in March 1867, after enduring more than two years without a command. In 1868 he was made minister to Mexico. Rosecrans was removed from this post the following year by his old nemesis and new president: Ulysses S. Grant. He served in the House of Representatives from 1880 until 1885 when he accepted an appointment as register of the treasury. He left the treasury in 1893, and died at his ranch in Redondo, California on March 11, 1898.  [LD] [ph:L]

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