to investigate the incident which was composed of Nathaniel P. Banks, Henry J. Raymond, Rufus P. Spalding, M. Russell Thayer and John Hogan. Rousseau was reprimanded for his actions and soon later resigned. He was elected back the same year to fill the vacancy caused by himself and continued to serve until 1867. Personal life Rousseau's daughter, Mary E. Rousseau, married Louis Douglas Watkins, USV, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 4, 1864. Later life and death After leaving the House of Representatives, Rousseau was appointed brigadier general in the U.S. Army with the brevet rank of major general, and was assigned to duty in Alaska on March 27, 1867. General Rousseau played a key role in the transfer of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States on October 18, 1867, today celebrated as Alaska Day. On July 28, 1868, he was placed in command of the Department of Louisiana. He died in this capacity in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 7, 1869. He was interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky; in 1892, his wife had his body removed from Cave Hill and re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. His monument at Cave Hill remains. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Louisville in the American Civil War List of federal political scandals in the United States List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded Notes References Retrieved on 2008-08-16 Sons of the South: Battle of Leesburg (Ball's Bluff) Lovell Rousseau at Arlington National Cemetery Iowa Journal of History by the State Historical Society of Iowa Black, Col. Robert W. Cavalry Raids of the Civil War. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. . External links Portrait of Gen. Rousseau on his horse |- 1818 births 1869 deaths 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American politicians American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Censured or reprimanded members of the United States House of Representatives Indiana lawyers Indiana state senators Indiana Whigs Kentucky lawyers Kentucky state senators Kentucky Unionists Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War Members of the Indiana House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Bloomfield, Indiana People from Indiana in the Mexican–American War People from Lincoln County, Kentucky People of Kentucky in the American Civil War Politicians from