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Confederate Corporal William J. Rogers, Arkansas Monticello Light Artillery, Manuscript Archive

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 128

Confederate Corporal William J. Rogers, Arkansas Monticello Light Artillery, Manuscript Archive

Schätzpreis
n. a.
Zuschlagspreis:
5.700 $
Beschreibung:

Lot of 9 letters, including 8 war-date letters spanning 1862-1863, written by Confederate soldier William J. Rogers (1834-1865) of Drew County, Arkansas. Letters include references to the Battle of Island Number Ten, the capture of the USS Queen of the West and the USS Indianola, the first Battle of Franklin, the Siege of Corinth, Port Hudson, the Capture of New Orleans, and the Battles of Fort Jackson and Fort Phillips. Rogers enlisted on February 1, 1862, as a corporal and was mustered into the Arkansas Monticello Light Artillery, also known as either Owen's Battery (after commander Capt. James A. Owens), Howell's Battery (after a later commander William C. Howell), or Drew's Light Artillery (a name reflecting the large number of enlistees from Drew County, Arkansas). The Monticello Artillery served east of the Mississippi for most of the war, and was among the last Confederate troops east of the Mississippi to surrender. Civil War prisoner of war records indicate that Rogers was captured at Aberdeen, Mississippi, in February 1864. From there he was transferred through Memphis to Alton Military Prison in Illinois, and then on to Camp Douglas outside of Chicago where he ultimately died of pneumonia on April 24, 1865. Born in Georgia in 1834, Rogers' family moved west to Mississippi sometime prior to 1843. At the time the earliest letter in this collection was written, October 12, 1858, Rogers had moved to Drew County, Arkansas where he was courting Miss Frances Millie A. Goodwin (1836-1907), of Green Mours, Arkansas. He writes affectionately, "I could enjoy myself much better if I were with you ore where I could see you at least once a week.... But I hope the day will come when we will not be separated until our heavenly Father who rules over us shall separate us. For without you I will be an unhappy man." The two married on January 24, 1860 and resided in Drew County. Their first child, a son, Merrell Elijah Rogers, was born in December 1860. The remaining letters in this collection are all written by William J. Rogers to his wife, Mrs. F. M. A. Rogers, or "Fanny," while Rogers served in the Confederate Army. The first war-date letter is from April 10, 1862, just over two months after Rogers enlisted. Rogers writes from Fort Pillow, Tennessee, describing difficult conditions and news from the front, "There are a good deal of sickness in our company at this time. But the most of it is dirhea. They are three cases of Pneumony that is very bad off....I have just saw some men from Isleland Ten. They say that the Yankees have taken all the rest of them north. I suppose they are about one hundred of them that mad[e] there escape that landed a few minutes ago. All of our Gun Boats are hear. They are not worth anything but to run So soon as the Gun Boats pass Isleland No 10 they brok for this place. One of linkons Gun Boats are worth fifty of these that are hear." Still at Fort Pillow on April 26, 1862, Rogers writes a lengthy missive describing the anticipation of a fight at Corinth, news of the fall of Fort Jackson, sickness in the camps, his own deteriorating health and the constant bombardment his company suffers at the hands of the Union forces. He notes that "We are trying to get light artillery. I think that we will get it yet was the kind that we started for. It will be much better on our sid if we do get it. This is a very sickly hole to have to stay all the time and have to ly at our battery day and night." Rogers reflects upon news that the Confederacy passed a law "to make all twelve months volenteers to go for two years longer than they enlisted for. And to make all the men that is at home in the Southern Confederacy from 18-35 to enlist for three years or during the war. So the men that is lying at home and wont enlist will have to dance up to the rack. It would do me good to be at home and see some of the mens countenances when they hear it. I dont like the idea to forced into such matters But I think it is a very goo

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 128
Auktion:
Datum:
22.06.2018
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 9 letters, including 8 war-date letters spanning 1862-1863, written by Confederate soldier William J. Rogers (1834-1865) of Drew County, Arkansas. Letters include references to the Battle of Island Number Ten, the capture of the USS Queen of the West and the USS Indianola, the first Battle of Franklin, the Siege of Corinth, Port Hudson, the Capture of New Orleans, and the Battles of Fort Jackson and Fort Phillips. Rogers enlisted on February 1, 1862, as a corporal and was mustered into the Arkansas Monticello Light Artillery, also known as either Owen's Battery (after commander Capt. James A. Owens), Howell's Battery (after a later commander William C. Howell), or Drew's Light Artillery (a name reflecting the large number of enlistees from Drew County, Arkansas). The Monticello Artillery served east of the Mississippi for most of the war, and was among the last Confederate troops east of the Mississippi to surrender. Civil War prisoner of war records indicate that Rogers was captured at Aberdeen, Mississippi, in February 1864. From there he was transferred through Memphis to Alton Military Prison in Illinois, and then on to Camp Douglas outside of Chicago where he ultimately died of pneumonia on April 24, 1865. Born in Georgia in 1834, Rogers' family moved west to Mississippi sometime prior to 1843. At the time the earliest letter in this collection was written, October 12, 1858, Rogers had moved to Drew County, Arkansas where he was courting Miss Frances Millie A. Goodwin (1836-1907), of Green Mours, Arkansas. He writes affectionately, "I could enjoy myself much better if I were with you ore where I could see you at least once a week.... But I hope the day will come when we will not be separated until our heavenly Father who rules over us shall separate us. For without you I will be an unhappy man." The two married on January 24, 1860 and resided in Drew County. Their first child, a son, Merrell Elijah Rogers, was born in December 1860. The remaining letters in this collection are all written by William J. Rogers to his wife, Mrs. F. M. A. Rogers, or "Fanny," while Rogers served in the Confederate Army. The first war-date letter is from April 10, 1862, just over two months after Rogers enlisted. Rogers writes from Fort Pillow, Tennessee, describing difficult conditions and news from the front, "There are a good deal of sickness in our company at this time. But the most of it is dirhea. They are three cases of Pneumony that is very bad off....I have just saw some men from Isleland Ten. They say that the Yankees have taken all the rest of them north. I suppose they are about one hundred of them that mad[e] there escape that landed a few minutes ago. All of our Gun Boats are hear. They are not worth anything but to run So soon as the Gun Boats pass Isleland No 10 they brok for this place. One of linkons Gun Boats are worth fifty of these that are hear." Still at Fort Pillow on April 26, 1862, Rogers writes a lengthy missive describing the anticipation of a fight at Corinth, news of the fall of Fort Jackson, sickness in the camps, his own deteriorating health and the constant bombardment his company suffers at the hands of the Union forces. He notes that "We are trying to get light artillery. I think that we will get it yet was the kind that we started for. It will be much better on our sid if we do get it. This is a very sickly hole to have to stay all the time and have to ly at our battery day and night." Rogers reflects upon news that the Confederacy passed a law "to make all twelve months volenteers to go for two years longer than they enlisted for. And to make all the men that is at home in the Southern Confederacy from 18-35 to enlist for three years or during the war. So the men that is lying at home and wont enlist will have to dance up to the rack. It would do me good to be at home and see some of the mens countenances when they hear it. I dont like the idea to forced into such matters But I think it is a very goo

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 128
Auktion:
Datum:
22.06.2018
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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