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William Rosecrans

1819 - 1898

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William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898) 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 ended after his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). William Rosecrans is the 1,953rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,918th in 2024), the 10,462nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,228th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Rosecrans ranks 1,953 out of 2,058. Before him are Kobi Shabtai, Gary Gordon, Aleksandr Lapin, Eugene Bullard, Lloyd Fredendall, and Frederick E. Morgan. After him are William Hood Simpson, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Anthony Wayne, Kyrylo Budanov, and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, William Rosecrans ranks 98. Before him are Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexander Melville Bell, Yuri Samarin, Martin Johnson Heade, Yakov Polonsky, and Monier Monier-Williams. After him are Henry Tate, Samuel Brannan, and John W. Geary. Among people deceased in 1898, William Rosecrans ranks 81. Before him are Yelena Polenova, John Hopkinson, Thomas F. Bayard, Yakov Polonsky, George Grey, and Don Carlos Buell. After him are Samuel Plimsoll, Georg Bühler, Benjamin Mountfort, and Blanche Bruce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Rosecrans ranks 10,464 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles B. Cory (1857), Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), Richard Masur (1948), David Koechner (1962), James Forbes (1952), and Brian Helgeland (1961). After him are Roxann Dawson (1958), Dwight Frye (1899), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Anne Dudek (1975), and Dolores Huerta (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Rosecrans ranks 162. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Frank Buckles (1901), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Gary Gordon (1960), Eugene Bullard (1895), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883). After him are William Hood Simpson (1888), Anthony Wayne (1745), Chesty Puller (1898), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), and Thomas C. Hart (1877).

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