3/4 standing view of Rosecrans as a Brigadier General with his hand tucked in his coat in the classic Napoleonic pose. Image is clear with good contrast. Period pencil inscription at bottom reads “Rosecrans.” Full advertisement on back for Webster’s Photograph Gallery in Louisville, Ky  with a full list of Generals and Colonels images available.

Rosecrans graduated 5^th 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.