Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau
Born: August 4, 1818
Stanford, Kentucky
Died: January 7, 1869
New Orleans, Louisiana
Colonel: September 9, 1861
Brig. Gen. US Volunteers: October 1, 1861
Maj. Gen. US Volunteers: October, 8, 1862
Resigned US Volunteers: November 1865
Major General Lovell Rousseau
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1844: Indiana House of Representatives
1845: Commissioned a Captain in Mexican American War
February 23, 1847: Battle of Buena Vista
1848: Indiana Senate
1860-1861: Kentucky Senate
June 1861: Resigned his seat in Kentucky Senate
September 1861: 5th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment
April 7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
December 30, 1862 - January 3, 1863: Battle of Stone's River
June 23-30, 1863: Tullahoma Campaign
September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
November 1863 - November 1865: Command of Nashville, Tennessee
November 1865: Resigned US Volunteers
1865-1866: US House of Representatives
March 27, 1867: Appointed Brigadier General with brevet rank of Major General
October 18, 1867: Played a key role in the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States
July 28, 1868: Commander, Department of Louisiana
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 710-711
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 412-413