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Fthe Federals inside the fort only tobe shot down, where his body nowlies on a hill crowning the ridgethat overlooks Corinth.The Federal commander, recognizing such heroism, and havingwithin him a soldier’s appreciationof Col. Rogers’ intrepidity, orderedthat be should be buried where hefell with military honors, and thathis grave should be marked withhis name and rank. The Feder-:als retained possession of Corinththroughout the war, camping andbuilding over them, marching,drilling and driving wagons overthem, until not a Confederategrave about Corinth was leftmarked by name, save that of Wrn.P. Rogers, Colonel of the 2nd.Texas Regiment.After the war, the citizen, upon: whose ground Col. Rogers wasburied, deeded % of an acre ofI land about bis grave to the cityof Corinth, to be preserved as his, burial place.
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The Williamson County Sun
Georgetown, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1905
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