Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Lovell H. Rousseau

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                                  ROUSSEAU
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   ROUSSEAU, GEN. LOVELL H., born in Kentucky August 4, 1818. Admitted to
   bar 1841. Served in Indiana Legislature. Served through the Mexican
   war. Served two terms in Indiana State Senate. Moved to Kentucky in
   1849. Made colonel of a regiment in Union army 1861. Promoted to
   brigadier-general October, 1861. Took part at Shiloh and Corinth, and
   promoted to major-general. Commanded 5th corps of Army of the
   Cumberland, and participated in Grant's and Sherman's campaigns.
   Commanded in Southern military districts till 1865. Elected to
   Congress from Kentucky. Made brigadier in regular army. First Governor
   of Alaska. Assigned to Department of the Gulf. Died in New Orleans
   January 7, 1869.