James Rogers mustered into the 45th Missouri Infantry as assistant surgeon, for a period of one year, on August 25, 1864, at Warrensburg, Missouri. The regiment was assigned to Jefferson City during General Sterling Price’s 1864 Missouri raid, then participated in the Battle of Nashville, and garrison duty in Tennessee.

Rogers was mustered out of service on April 29, 1865. The following month, Rogers was mustered into the 14th Missouri Cavalry as that unit’s assistant surgeon, and mustered out in October 1865.

Rogers died on January 26, 1925, in Sedalia, Missouri.

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Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30067