Papers, 1827-1897.

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Papers, 1827-1897.

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Chiefly Civil War military papers including military correspondence; telegrams; muster rolls; rosters of officers and staff; lists of deserters, recruits, reenlistments, and voluntary enlistments; reports of sick, wounded, and convalescents; inventories of personal effects of the deceased; hospital and army paroles; morning reports; ordnance returns, invoices, requisitions, issues, and transfers; quartermaster papers; letter book containing routine military correspondence; and general and special orders. There is also a fragmentary account of the regiment's war experiences concerning the actions in Maryland in 1862 and 1863, including the battle between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia, and in Virginia and West Virginia in 1864. Scattered papers relate to other members of the Rodgers family, and include personal correspondence, letters relating to naval matters, estate papers, bills and receipts, and legal papers concerning land deeds and the manumission of slaves. Also included are materials for the study of navigation and a navigational logbook.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993876

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Rodgers, Robert Smith, 1810-1889

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Colonel, 2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry Regiment, U.S.A. From the description of Papers, 1827-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20116017 ...

Rogers family.

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Monitor (Ship)

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United States. Army. Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Virginia (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of Bremen, Germany, mastered by Ezra Fitch. From the description of Logbook of the ship Virginia, 1836 July 26-1838 Aug. 16. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130097 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...