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Conversion of William S. Rosecrans to Roman Catholicism

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Title

Conversion of William S. Rosecrans to Roman Catholicism

Date

1841

Contributor

Endres, David J.

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Birth Date

1819-09-06

Birthplace

Delaware County, Ohio

Death Date

1898-03-11

Place of death

Redondo Beach, California

Sex

male

Occupation

Major general, U.S. Civil War, Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Cumberland, Department of the Missouri

Biographical Quotation

"My baptism in 1841 was sub conditione, because it was a vague tradition that in my early infancy a Protestant or Wesleyan Methodist minister at my grandmother's instance had baptized me."

Bibliography

William M. Lamers, The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961)
Scannell O'Neill, "Convert Sons of West Point," Rosary Magazine 32 (Jan. 1908): 178-183 .

Citation

“Conversion of William S. Rosecrans to Roman Catholicism,” The American Converts Database, accessed March 15, 2015, http://americanconverts.org/items/show/440.

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