ROUSSEAU, Lovell Harrison
Affiliation:
Union
Born: August 4 1818, Lincoln City KY
Died: :January 7 1869, New Orleans LA
Pre-War Profession: Road worker, lawyer, politician, Mexican war.
War Service: September 1861 Col. of 3rd Kentucky (Union) Infantry,
October 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, October 1862 promoted Maj.
Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 4th Bde/2nd Divn at Shiloh, commanded 3rd
Divn/I Corps at Perryville, commanded 1st Divn/XIV Corps at Stone's River,
district commander in Nashville and Tennessee, resigned 1865.
Post War: US congressman, re-entered army, and duty
in Alaska.