Horatio rogers biography
Horatio Rodman Rogers (December 12, – October 24, ) was an American attorney, soldier, and academic.
Horatio Rogers Jr. (May 18, – November 12, ) was an American lawyer, judge, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War..
Horatio Rogers Jr.
American judge
Horatio Rogers Jr. (May 18, 1836 – November 12, 1904) was an American lawyer, judge, and Union Army officer 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.
Early life and family
Rogers was born on May 18, 1836, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.[1] He was the son of Susan (née Curtis) and Horatio Rogers Sr., and had an older brother, John Henry, who became an Episcopal priest.[1] He attended Brown University as an undergraduate, before going on to earn his Legum Doctor elsewhere.[2]
Civil War
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.[1] He comman