Thank you Bryan. I believe this is him. This is the area
I have found him in and the age and place of birth fit.

Kathy

I haven't read the book you asked about, but I did some research on the 27th Arkansas a few years ago. Here's what I have on R. R. Rogers (no first name stated):

Enlisted in Co. I, 27th (Shaler's) Arkansas Infantry, at Richwoods, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; deserted, September 11, 1863. Later conscripted in Co. G, 10th (Witt's) Arkansas Cavalry, at Batesville, Arkansas; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865; age 25, born in North Carolina, eyes blue, hair light, complexion fair, height 5'9".

I've come across R.R.Rogers enlisted in the 27th. I believe this to be my gggrandfather Richard Rogers. There is a book on the 27th and I was wondering if anyone has a copy and if they could do a lookup.
Thank you,
-Kathy

Kathy, there was a C. L. Rogers who served in the same company as R. R. Rogers -- enlisted in Co. G, 10th (Witt's) Arkansas Cavalry, at Springfield, Arkansas; paroled at Jacksonport, Arkansas, June 5, 1865, age 27, born in North Carolina, eyes blue, hair dark, complexion dark, height 5'11" -- possibly your Calvin L. Rogers?

Richard was the brother to Calvin Landrum Rogers whose daughter Nancy Mary married a Samuel Bittle...another daughter Esther Caroline married a William Henry Turney.

Kathy

Since your Rogers was in the 10th AR (Witt's) CAV...might he be from the Van Buren Co area - maybe connected to Bittle and Turney?

Mary Turney Miller hlm@qtm.net

There were 6 Turneys in the 10th AR - 3 brothers, and their
3 nephews.

William Allen born 1816 was Co A INF, and Co E 10th AR
MTD Inf.

Russell born 1836 - was in Co A 10th AR inf.
apparently he was captured on the Price Campaign and
died not long after the war.

Joseph Turney born 1824, Co C 10th AR Inf, Co E 10th AR
Mtd Inf.
on the 1860 census his wife is Elvira age 25, living with them
is a Sallie Ann Rogers age 13 listed as sister-in-law.
Joseph was captured and parolled (as were all of them) at
Port Hudson 8 Jul 1863. They all went home, and joined the
10th AR Mtd Inf. which is the one that went to MO and Kansas.
Joseph was wounded or sick and left at the side of the
road near Waverly, Lafayette Co MO with just his brother. His brother
left him at a house and went to rejoin his unit. After a couple of
days Joseph sent to Provost Marshall at Lexington MO to
take him in as the family keeping him was in grave danger if
caught. He got at Lexington 8 Nov 1864 and stayed about
7 weeks there, then sent to Warrensburg. 18 Jan 1865
he signed a statement at Gratiot Street Prison in St Louis.
He said he had also been taken prisoner at Marks Mill in
27 Apr 1864 - he must have been parolled from that.
Anyway, he ended up at Pt Lookout MD, then parolled to
Richmond and recaptured there, back to Pt Lookout hospital
because he was so ill. It was after the war before he could
go home. 18 Jan 1865 the man was age 47 - hard life.

The 3 sons of Henry Turney b 1815 who were in the 10th
William Allen born 1839 (my line) was in Co A 10th Inf, also in the
Mtd. Inf. cause he was captured in Kansas.

John Turney born 1840 - Co G 10th AR, in same unit was
John Bittle. John Turney after the war married Martha, the
sister of John Bittle.

Peter Gid Turney b 1842 - he was in Co A 10th inf at Shiloh,
then later the Mtd. Inf. he was parolled June of 1865 with
his unit so apparently he was not captured as were
W.A., Russell, and Joseph.
His son William Henry Turney married Esther Caroline Rogers.
Her sisters married 2 Bittle brothers - both the grandsons
of Charlotte Turney Bittle - so related to the Turneys.

Some of the Barnes and Baileys in the 10th were also related
to the Turneys.

Mary

Thank you Bryan....this explains alot of my questions.

Kathy

The men who surrendered at Jacksonport on June 5, 1865, weren't discharged from the army. They were paroled by the U.S. Army to return to their homes. It was part of a military convention signed by Gen. E. Kirby Smith when he surrendered the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Army on May 26, 1865. Under the terms of the surrender, the men were permitted to sign an oath not to take up arms again until properly exchanged, and to obey the laws currently in effect; in return they were permitted to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by Federal authorities, so long as they observed the terms of their parole. The parole system was an alternative to a decidedly unpleasant stay in a Federal military prison. Sort of a gentlemanly way to end a war, don't you think?

Regarding C. L. Rogers' tombstone incription, Company G of Witt's 10th Arkansas Cavalry (technically it was mounted infantry, rather than cavalry) was composed in large part of men who had previously been members of Co. D, 10th Arkansas Infantry.

Finally, a few words about desertion. This term needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If a man had truly deserted, he would be unable to obtain a pension after the war. Only those men who were honorably separated from the service could apply for and receive a parole (assuming that he or his widow met the other criteria). A lot of men were reported as deserters, especially after the fall of Little Rock on September 10, 1863, but a great many of them had become separated from their regiments when the Confederate army retreated south, and later hooked up with other regiments. This appears to have been what happened to R. R. Rogers.

Bryan,
This would be him. On his headstone it says Co D 10 ARK INF CSA,possibly this information is wrong?or maybe he had been in another unit? I've only begun searching military records and was wondering if Richard would have been eligible for pension if he had deserted and he had died at the age of 52? Also why do they use the word "paroled" when they were discharged from the army?

Kathy