Dedication Saturday, September 28, 2013 - Photo by Lenny Lepola
Major General William S. Rosecrans Memorial Statue  Sunbury Village Square See the Casting of the Statue
Birdseye View by Carl Staub  . . . . click to enlarge
Commemorative Brick Campaign Honor a Family Member, a Friend or a a Delaware County Civil War Veteran See list of Civil War Veterans Over 100 people donated to the General’s statue campaign, raising over $10,000
100% of the funds for Alan Cottrill to sculpt the statue were raised plus the extra money to move the sculpture to Sunbury and attach it to the boulder. Bricks were added to the walkway before the Dedication on September 28th, 2013.
	Why build a Statue?
	3-Star Donors
Installing more bricks in the walkway
The Trail to the General Commemorative Brick Campaign Bricks honor Family Members, Friends and Delaware County Civil War Veterans See list of Civil War Veterans
20 ton glacial erratic is the base for the General William Stark Rosecrans Statue. Commemorative bricks were placed in the walk.  Learn more about the boulder
Ohio Historical Marker Arrives in Sunbury
On June 17, 2013, Sunbury Street Crew members under the leadership of Chester Wolfe took the 182 pound sign off the truck and unpacked it for proofing.  The men will install it on the square before the Dedication in September.  Pictured left to right are George Owens, jr., Todd Franklin,  driver Todd Urhammer, coordinator for the marker Polly Horn and Chester Wolfe. Learn more about the marker
	Board of Delaware County Commissioners Awarded $20,000 to the Statue Fund			*
(Statue Committee thanking County Commissioners, January 10, 2013 Photo by Lenny Lepola) January 2013
Big Walnut School Students Collected
Lincolns for Rosecrans $2607.10 raised for statue January 8-February 2013 Update in The Sunbury News 2-21-2013
Something to crow about. . . . .
Barn Yard & Bake Sale September 14 & 15, 2012 Raised $1,333.84 for the General Rosecrans Statue Thanks to all who donated or purchased items! More about the Sale in The Sunbury News
See Photos of Moving the Boulder to the Square July 25, 2012 Sealing the Boulder November 9, 2012
Sunbury / Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce Donated to Rosecrans' Statue Fund
Groundbreaking for the Statue November 13, 2011
Moving Boulder Base for Statue to Temporary Site August 14, 2010
Rosecrans was the only major general from the Civil War without a statue.  He was instrumental in seeing that statues were erected for others but somehow, he was overlooked by his peers. Movement is afoot to rectify this error.  Tom Paul, who portrays General Rosecrans in many reenactments and living history pageants,  spearheaded the campaign. General William Starke Rosecrans, a Kingston Township native, invented the round wicks for candles,  served as a U.S. Senator, was Lincoln's first choice for vice-president, served as an Ambassador to Mexico, helped incorporate the Southern Pacific Railroad, served as Treasurer of the United States and also led men successfully in battle.  While at West Point, he made some enemies which carried over on the battlefields of the Civil War.   Thus General Rosecrans was always on the Edge of Glory, as one biographer wrote.
Learn more about the General
General Rosecrans Elementary School is the first conquest in bringing the General into the glory which would surely have been his had the times been different.  Big Walnut Board of Education voted on October 12, 2009, to name the new elementary school after the General.
Artist's Drawing of the Statue Read About the Statue in the News Return to Rosecrans Home Page Return to Big Walnut History Home Page