page_title: Horatio Rogers Jr.
section_title: Civil War
hierarchical_section_title: Horatio Rogers Jr. / Civil War
caption_attribution_description: English: Horatio Rogers Jr., as a colonel during the American Civil War.
context_page_description: Horatio Rogers Jr. was an American lawyer, judge, and Union Army officers in the American Civil War. He was the Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1864 to 1867 and again from 1888 to 1889. From 1891 to 1903, he served as an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
context_section_description: During the American Civil War, Rogers first served as a major of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, then as a colonel of the 11th Rhode Island Infantry, and finally as a colonel and commander of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry. He commanded the 2nd Rhode Island at the Battle of Gettysburg. After the battle, he wrote, "Death seemed to be holding a carnival." 
  He resigned from the Army on January 14, 1864.  On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier general, US Volunteers, for "gallant and meritorious service during the war."
caption: Rogers as a colonel during the American Civil War.
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