A&M 1943William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence, 1841-1879 A&M 1943Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:02:55 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center William Starke Rosecrans (1818-1898) Correspondence Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 A&M 1943 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5662 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 49 items, 1.75 in.) 1841-1879 Correspondence of a Civil War general who had business interests in the Cannel Coal Company, Coal River Navigation Company, James River and Kanawha Company, and the Western Oil Company. Subjects include coal, oil, iron and steel; improvements on the Kanawha, Coal, and Ohio rivers; English investments in the Cannel Coal Company and the Winifrede Mining & Manufacturing Company; and timber prices. Civil War correspondence includes letters from Francis H. Pierpont and General Jacob D. Cox. There are letters from Rosecrans to his wife while commander of Union forces in western Virginia; persons mentioned include Generals John B. Floyd, R.C. Schenck, Jacob D. Cox, George Crook, George B. McClellan, Braxton Bragg, and U.S. Grant. There is postwar political comment on ex-Confederate officers in government positions and U.S. Grant's terms as president. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Ohio River Coal River. Kanawha River (W. Va.) Coal mining. Politics and government. Steel industry and trade Women's history -- 1800-1849 Women's history -- 1929-1950 Women's history -- 1850-1899 Iron furnaces and iron industry. Petroleum industry and trade Rivers and river valleys. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Lumber trade Coal River Navigation Company Western Oil Company James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.) Cannel Coal Company Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company Crook, George, 1828-1890 McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890 Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900