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[Anita]

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Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans is most commonly associated with the battlefield, but he also played a role in developing the Civil War’s most commonly used ambulance. It’s hard to imagine the U.S. Army without ambulances, but that was generally the case before the Civil War.

Prior to the conflict, wounded men had been hauled off the battlefield in whatever wagons were available, and it wasn’t until the late 1850s that the U.S. military began to try and develop specialized vehicles for wounded removal. Many of the early designs were heavy and required four horses or mules to pull them.
From December 1861 to March 1862, Rosecrans lived in Wheeling, Va., while he commanded the Department of West Virginia and led troops in some of the first fighting of the war, including the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11, 1861. Rosecrans recognized the need for a light, nimble ambulance that could navigate the region’s rough terrain, and fortunately for him, he had a progressive young surgeon, Major Jonathan Letterman, as his medical director.
Letterman’s medical knowledge combined well with Rosecrans’ West Point engineering background to design an ambulance that helped thousands of soldiers survive their wounds. The ambulance was first produced in Wheeling’s wagon shops, and it became known as the “Wheeling,” or “Rosecrans” ambulance.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/artic...ambulance.


Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles. The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased 13,000 acres of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869. Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena. Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosecrans_Avenue