Bernard Rogers

(c. 1823 - )
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 61st New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Probably from Ireland and known as Barney, he enlisted at age 38 in Company A, 61st NY Infantry on 7 February 1862, at New York City.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Discharged for disability 10 November 1862 at Ft. McHenry, MD.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. Mention of him on the Maryland Campaign in Fuller2.

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 25 (for 1900) [AotW citation 7667]

2 Fuller, Charles Augustus, Personal Recollections of the War of 1861... in the Sixty-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, Sherburne (NY): News Job Printing House, 1906, pp. 53 - 73 [AotW citation 7670]

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