Currier & Ives lithograph depicting a romanticized General Rosecrans at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River), January 2, 1863. Rosecrans gained fame during the Civil War as victor at several Western Theater battles. Rosecrans military career effectively ended, however, following his defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, after which General Grant relieved him of his command.
