Class of 1867

Robert Morris Rogers​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 29, 1863, to June 17, 1867, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, June 17, 1867.

Served: in garrison at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 2, 1867, to Mar. 30, 1869; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Apr.‑May,  p90 1869, — Ft. Riley, Kan., May 25, 1869, to July 31, 1870, — and Sitka,

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Apr. 13, 1870)

Alas., Sep. 23 to Oct., 1870; in garrison at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 18, 1870, to June 4, 1872 (Alcatraz Island, Cal., June 5 to Sep. 13, 1871); on frontier duty at Sitka, Alas., June 27, 1872, to Jan. 4, 1873; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., Jan. 24, 1873, to Jan. 3, 1874; on leave of absence, Jan. 3, 1874, to Nov. 17, 1875, during which he became a Colonel of Engineers in the service of the Khedive of Egypt; and in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., Nov. 17, 1875, to Apr. 25, 1876, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May 1, 1876, to May 1, 1878, except while engaged in suppressing Railroad Disturbances in Pennsylvania, July 28 to Aug. 27, 1877, — Washington Arsenal, D. C., May 30 to Aug. 20, 1878, — Ft. Foote, Md., to Nov. 10, 1878, — and Ft. Ontario, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1878, to May 20, 1880; as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of the South, to Aug. 15, 1883; in garrison at Washington Barracks, D. C., to June 1, 1885, — Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala., to Oct. 1, 1885, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., to Oct. 3, 1877, — Jackson Barracks, La., to Sep., 1888, — and Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., to –––––.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.