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Thomas Lafayette "Tex" Rosser (October 15, 1836 – March 29, 1910) was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, and later a railroad construction engineer and in 1898 a brigadier general of volunteers in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War.
- 1861–65 (CSA), 1898 (USA)
Thomas Lafayette Rosser. Title Major General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Confederate. Date of Birth - Death October 15, 1836 - March 29, 1910. Thomas Lafayette Rosser was born October 15, 1836 on his family’s farm in Campbell County, Virginia. When he was 13 they moved to the new state of Texas, onto a 640-acre farm on the Sabine River.
Thomas L. Rosser. Major General October 15, 1836 — March 29, 1910. Rosser was commissioned a first lieutenant and became an instructor to the famed "Washington Artillery" of New Orleans. He commanded its Second Company at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861.
Thomas Lafayette Rosser was a West Point student who resigned from the academy two weeks before graduation when his adopted state of Texas seceded from the Union. He began the war as an instructor for New Orleans' Washington Artillery and commanded its Second Battery in the First Battle of Manassas.
Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Confederate Army officer, was born on October 15, 1836, in Campbell County, Virginia, the son of John and Martha Melvina (Johnson) Rosser. In 1849 the family moved to a 640-acre farm in Panola County, Texas, some forty miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana. As his father was compelled by business to remain for a while in ...
1 de dic. de 2023 · Major general (CSA) Thomas Lafayette Rosser (October 15, 1836 – March 29, 1910), also known as Tex Rosser, was best known for his “hit and run” raids and owner of Rugby Hall on Preston Height's.
A mile west of the tavern he ran into Brigadier General Thomas L. Rosser, who commanded a Confederate cavalry brigade in Major General Wade Hampton's division. With Federal repeating rifles blazing away and supported by the fire of two cannon, Gregg forced Rosser's brigade back to Corbin's Bridge.
