Trivia 6-1-17 Identify

[Eleanor Rose]

George Lovell Rousseau
Source: Find A Grave Memorial

Edit - Eleanor, I have a feeling that you didn't look closely enough at the photograph of the inscription on Rousseau's gravestone. The first three letters are Gen., not Geo.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[JohnW.]

This is
Lovell Rousseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau (August 4, 1818 – January 7, 1869) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a lawyer and politician in Kentucky and Indiana.

 

[KansasFreestater]

Brev. Maj. Gen. Lovell Rousseau of Kentucky.

Early in the war, he helped keep Kentucky from seceding.
He resigned his seat in the Kentucky Senate and raised two regiments of volunteers that would become known as the Louisville Legion.
He served at Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, in the Tullaloma campaign and in movements around Chattanooga.

During Reconstruction, he served for a time as head of the Department of Louisiana.

 

[WJC]

Identify:
View attachment 140363
credit: @GELongstreet

A slightly younger Ambrose Burnside?

 

[Jackson'sArm]

Tough one.... Maj. Gen. Lovell Rousseau. He served at the Battles of Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, during the Tullahoma Campaign and movements around Chattanooga, Tennessee. In November 1865, Rousseau had command of Nashville, Tennessee.

 

[chellers]

Union Army General Lovell Harrison Rousseau

 

[MaryDee]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau. Source, wikipedia article (and accompanying image), "Lovell Rousseau." "Lovell Harrison Rousseau (August 4, 1818 – January 7, 1869) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a lawyer and politician in Kentucky and Indiana."

Was he part of the recent hair contest, which I missed due to family travel and illness? He should have been!

 

[MRB1863]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau

 

[Montana Territory]

Brevet Major General Lovell H. Rousseau, Dep't of Louisiana

wikipedia.org - Lovell Rousseau

 

[sarladaise]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

Lovell Rousseau

 

[amweiner]

This is Maj. Gen. Lovell Harrison Rousseau (August 4, 1818 – January 7, 1869).

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18413

 

[bixby272]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau

 

[hoosier]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau

If he didn't have those stars on his shoulders, I shudder to think what some sergeant might have said about the way he buttoned his coat.

 

[lelliott19]

Lovell Harrison Rousseau (August 4, 1818 – January 7, 1869) wiki/Lovell_Rousseau

Interesting story. Thanks for bringing General Rousseau's story to our attention @GELongstreet

 

[GELongstreet]

Question submission credit.

 

[caller]

Lovell Rousseau

 

[ami]

Maj. Gen. Lovell Rousseau

Rousseau (1818-1869) was a Mexico veteran, a lawyer and politician who tried to keep Kentucky in the Union. He raised two regiments, was made Brig. Gen. and famously served in the Army of the Ohio. It didn´t take long until he was made division commander and promoted again, later serving in the Army of the Cumberland. He freqently had the Regular Brigade serving with him before receiving a district command. After the war he briefly returned to politics before rejoining the army.