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Pvt Silas Dillon Rogers
3 Jan 1821 – 23 Feb 1865
| Birth | 3 Jan 1821 |
| Death | 23 Feb 1865 |
| Cemetery | Blandford Cemetery Petersburg , City of Petersburg , Virginia , USA |
| Added by | Julia M. on 08 Jun 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104671752 |
Gravesite details
Born in Liberty Co., NC. Died at age 44. Buried on 24 Feb 1865.
Bio
Son of Andrew and Eleanor (Woodfin) Rogers, whose grave sites have not been located/confirmed. Served as a private in Company A, 1 Regiment Engineer Troops, CSA. Died of dysentery in the Confederate State Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia. His grave, #798, is not marked; Findagrave member Julia M. spoke to cemetery staff to confirm Silas Rogers was buried in a mass grave; the marker in the photo is represents North Carolina in the area of the mass grave. Civil War Service Record and family bible reflect date of death as February 23, 1865; cemetery record reflects date of burial, February 24, 1865. Family and census records indicate place of birth as Buncombe County, NC; cemetery records reflect place of birth as Liberty, North Carolina. In addition to those below, other children include William Pierce Rogers and Laura J. Rogers, both of whom died in childhood. Siblings include: JEREMIAH M. "JERRY" ROGERS HANNAH ROGERS ROBERTS MARTHA ROGERS RATCLIFF (burial location unknown/unconfirmed) THOMAS WOODFIN ROGERS (burial location unknown/unconfirmed) ANDREW ERWIN ROGERS STEPHEN ROGERS (burial location unknown/unconfirmed) This is NOT the Stephen Rogers of the 61st North Carolina Regiment, CSA, buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY. (The 61st was made up of recruits primarily from the southeast counties of North Carolina; the Stephen Rogers buried in Elmira enlisted in Wilson County, NC. There were no recruits that came from from Buncombe County.) MARY "MAMIE" ROGERS CHUNN (burial location unknown/unconfirmed) ADAM FRANKLIN ROGERS SARAH ANN ROGERS TEAGUE LEVI B. ROGERS
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Family
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Children
- Jasper Nicholas Woodfin "Nick" Rogers 1846–1929
- Demarias Adaline Rogers Brown 1848–1922
- Alfred N. Rogers 1850–1917
- Lucinda Aveline Rogers Plemmons 1852–1937
- Andrew Jackson "Jack" Rogers 1855–1910
- Archibal Evan Rogers 1857–1930
- George Washington Rodgers 1859–1917
- Jessie Silas Rodgers 1863–1939
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