The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-24

/ boys from Liberty Pole were made lieu
tenants-Clayton z. and Earl N. Rog-
ers.
While we have these three in mind
! let me say a word about them Kel-
/ logg served as adjutant general on
! General Cutters staff for a time was
! on such duty at Charlottesville and
/ Gettysburg, but was in command of
/ his company at the Wilderness when
! ne was wounded and made a prisoner.
/ He returned to the regiment the next
/ fall as lieutenant colonel. and month
! later was made colonel. and a few
weeks later was placed in command of
/ the brigade, serving as such officer I'M
! til the war ended. He was made a
brigadier general. After the war he
was Wisconsin senator and United
States pension agent. He died at Wau-
sau in 1883. When General W. B.
FRANKLIN, commander of the left wing
or Burnside's army at the battle of
FREDERICKSBURG. wanted a trusty Of
ncer TO bring in the picket line after
the troops had crossed the Rappahan-
mock II the dark, Lieutenant Clayton
II. Rogers was selected. He rode along
the line and whispered to each picket
to make the quickest time possible to
the Doatoon bridge. The enemy was
but few rods in front of the picket
line, but the wind was in the right di-
rection, and, thanks to the good judg-
ment and activity of company Is first
lieutenant, the whole picket line was
saved. From that time until after
Gettysburg, Lieutenant Rogers served
on brigade and division staff He was
on General Wadsworths staff at Get
tysburg and distinguished himself 1t
was Rogers who, at Gettysburg when
he carried an order to q division COM
q dor md l.
could not perform his duty. placed him
under arrest and took him to head
quarters. It was the only case, I be-
lleVe, during the war in which a lieu
tenant arrested an acting major gen
eral. Earl NJ. Rogers was popular as
a staff officer. He was on the staff
of General James Wadsworth, COM |
mander of a division in the Fifth !
corps in the Wilderness, when Wads- |
worth wes killed. and was the only |
officer who was with him when he |
fell. AT Petersburg Rogers was seri- /
ously wounded. He was commissioned |
captain and brevetted major. He |
served four years as quartermaster |
general on Governor Rusks staff /
General Rogers in face so closely re-
sembles Napoleon that ne is called |
Bona Rogers by all of the old COM
mand.
Let the record speak for Company l.
Ihey participated in every battle of the /
Army of the Potomac save those on the
Peninsula under Mcclellan They were /
at Rappahannock Station at the Pope re-
treat. The night before the retreat from
there 1t was / company that was called !
upon TO tear down buildings and construct
g bridge across the Rappahannock river.
At Gainesville no company in the regi- /
ment fought better or suffered worse. 1t
was at Bull Run on the 10Th and Goth: at
South Mountain. Antietam. Fredericks-
burg, Fitzhugh Crossing. sChancellorsville.
Gettysburg, and in all of the other battles .
Of the Potomac army, up to and including
AppomattOS. one of its members was /
voted "A media Of honor by congress. Ser
geant Frank - Waller, later q lieutenant
captured the flag OF the Second Mississippi +
at Gettysburg when the regiment charged |