Dr. Joseph Anderson Rogers was born 1840 in Gladeville to Asa Graves Rogers and Sarah Ann Paulina Chandler. He was married to Alice Stroud in 1867 and had two children.
Dr. Rogers died January 11, 1912. Fell dead without speaking (heart failure) and was buried at Leeville, Tennessee.
WRITTEN BY DR. ROGERS' BROTHER BENJAMIN DUGGAN ROGERS:
Joseph Anderson Rogers studied medicine and attended medical lectures before entering the Confederate Army. He was a volunteer in Company B, 28th Tennessee Infantry. He carried his musket and served as a private until January of "63". In the meantime granted ninety day furlough in Mississippi, because of bravery at Shiloh and Fishing Creek. In fall of "62" detailed assistant surgeon to his regiment and served in that capacity throughout the war, but was given no commission because he was not a graduate M.D. He did not return to his home from fall of "62" until winter of "65". In fall of 1864, was in battle of Franklin, Tennessee, he was with the army in its siege at Nashville as surgeon. After Hood's defeat on his retreat, authorities detailed Rogers to take charge of Confederate wounded in hospital in Franklin. When the Federals took possession of Franklin and its hospital, they refused to recognize his authority as a surgeon and sent him to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was discharged in March 1865, came home, finished his medical education at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1866 and continued to practice in connection with his drug business as long as he lived.
Dr. Rogers died January 11, 1912. Fell dead without speaking (heart failure) and was buried at Leeville, Tennessee.
WRITTEN BY DR. ROGERS' BROTHER BENJAMIN DUGGAN ROGERS:
Joseph Anderson Rogers studied medicine and attended medical lectures before entering the Confederate Army. He was a volunteer in Company B, 28th Tennessee Infantry. He carried his musket and served as a private until January of "63". In the meantime granted ninety day furlough in Mississippi, because of bravery at Shiloh and Fishing Creek. In fall of "62" detailed assistant surgeon to his regiment and served in that capacity throughout the war, but was given no commission because he was not a graduate M.D. He did not return to his home from fall of "62" until winter of "65". In fall of 1864, was in battle of Franklin, Tennessee, he was with the army in its siege at Nashville as surgeon. After Hood's defeat on his retreat, authorities detailed Rogers to take charge of Confederate wounded in hospital in Franklin. When the Federals took possession of Franklin and its hospital, they refused to recognize his authority as a surgeon and sent him to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was discharged in March 1865, came home, finished his medical education at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1866 and continued to practice in connection with his drug business as long as he lived.
Dr. Joseph Anderson Rogers was born 1840 in Gladeville to Asa Graves Rogers and Sarah Ann Paulina Chandler. He was married to Alice Stroud in 1867 and had two children.
Dr. Rogers died January 11, 1912. Fell dead without speaking (heart failure) and was buried at Leeville, Tennessee.
WRITTEN BY DR. ROGERS' BROTHER BENJAMIN DUGGAN ROGERS:
Joseph Anderson Rogers studied medicine and attended medical lectures before entering the Confederate Army. He was a volunteer in Company B, 28th Tennessee Infantry. He carried his musket and served as a private until January of "63". In the meantime granted ninety day furlough in Mississippi, because of bravery at Shiloh and Fishing Creek. In fall of "62" detailed assistant surgeon to his regiment and served in that capacity throughout the war, but was given no commission because he was not a graduate M.D. He did not return to his home from fall of "62" until winter of "65". In fall of 1864, was in battle of Franklin, Tennessee, he was with the army in its siege at Nashville as surgeon. After Hood's defeat on his retreat, authorities detailed Rogers to take charge of Confederate wounded in hospital in Franklin. When the Federals took possession of Franklin and its hospital, they refused to recognize his authority as a surgeon and sent him to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was discharged in March 1865, came home, finished his medical education at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1866 and continued to practice in connection with his drug business as long as he lived.
Dr. Rogers died January 11, 1912. Fell dead without speaking (heart failure) and was buried at Leeville, Tennessee.
WRITTEN BY DR. ROGERS' BROTHER BENJAMIN DUGGAN ROGERS:
Joseph Anderson Rogers studied medicine and attended medical lectures before entering the Confederate Army. He was a volunteer in Company B, 28th Tennessee Infantry. He carried his musket and served as a private until January of "63". In the meantime granted ninety day furlough in Mississippi, because of bravery at Shiloh and Fishing Creek. In fall of "62" detailed assistant surgeon to his regiment and served in that capacity throughout the war, but was given no commission because he was not a graduate M.D. He did not return to his home from fall of "62" until winter of "65". In fall of 1864, was in battle of Franklin, Tennessee, he was with the army in its siege at Nashville as surgeon. After Hood's defeat on his retreat, authorities detailed Rogers to take charge of Confederate wounded in hospital in Franklin. When the Federals took possession of Franklin and its hospital, they refused to recognize his authority as a surgeon and sent him to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was discharged in March 1865, came home, finished his medical education at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1866 and continued to practice in connection with his drug business as long as he lived.
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