Rosser, Thomas Lafayette

Life Span
to
Full name
Thomas Lafayette Rosser
Place of Birth
Campbell County, VA
Burial Place
Charlottesville, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family
John Rosser (father), Martha Melvina Johnson Rosser (mother),
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Farmer or Planter
Other
Other Occupation
Civil Engineer
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Union cavalry try to break through the Confederate cavalry screen at Aldie in Loudoun County, Virginia
In Virginia, future founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra left for dead on the battlefield
At Ream's Station in Virginia, Confederate units make a powerful effort to regain the control of the vital Weldon Railroad
In the Shenandoah Valley, Union troops under Sheridan turn defeat into crushing victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek
In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the Union's Fifth Corps capture a vital crossroads at the Battle of Five Forks
Date Title
Recollection by Henry Lee Higginson of the Battle of Aldie, June 17, 1863
How to Cite This Page: "Rosser, Thomas Lafayette," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6508.