Colonel William P. Rogers, (sculpture).

Colonel William P. Rogers, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Brakeman and Hartz, contractor.

Colonel William P. Rogers, (sculpture).

Rogers Monument, (sculpture).

Installed April 1896. Relocated Oct. 1916.

Sculpture: zinc; Base: granite, limestone, and marble; Foundation: concrete with pea gravel surface.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. 14 ft. x 73 in. x 73 in.; Foundation: approx. 10 x 95 x 95 in.

(Upper front of base, on marble section, raised:) PATRIOTIC/(On limestone section:) Col.W.P. ROGERS/2nd TEXAS REG'T./KILLED AT FORT ROBINETTE/OCT. 4, 1862/AS LONG AS COURAGE, MANLINESS AND/PATRIOTISM EXIST, THE NAME OF/ROGERS WILL BE HONORER AMONG/MEN. HE FELL IN THE FRONT OF/BATTLE, IN THE CENTER OF THE/ENEMIES STRONGHOLD.HE SLEEPS/AND GLORY IS HIS SENTINEL (Upper side of base, on marble section, raised:) BRAVE/(On limestone section, incised:) ERECTED AS A/TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY/OF THE CONFEDERATE/PATRIOTS WHO FELL AT/THE BATTLE OF CORINTH/IN OCTOBER 1862/"ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND/THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND/THE BIVOWAC OF THE DEAD." (Other upper rear of base, on marble section, raised:) OUR DEAD/(On limestone section:) THEY WERE/THE KNIGHTLIEST OF THE KNIGHTLY RACE/WHO SINCE THE DAY OF OLD,/HAS KEPT THE LAMPS OF CHIVALRY/ALRIGHT IN HEARTS OF GOLD. (On other side of base, on marble section:) HONORABLE

Colonel William P. Rogers, 1817-1862, stands dressed in military uniform holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands, the butt of which rests by his feet. He has a mustache and wears a wide-brimmed hat, a canteen is slung over his proper right shoulder and rests on his proper left hip. There is a bayonet hanging on the proper left side of his belt, and a pouch inscribed "CS" is attached to the back of the belt. There is what appears to be a rolled blanket over his proper left shoulder, and its ends are tied together at the proper right waist. The statue is mounted upon a tall, inscribed, multitiered base with alternating tiers of marble, limestone, and granite. The base is placed upon a concrete foundation with a pea gravel surface.

Portrait male -- Rogers, William P. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer

Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Corinth

Administered by Alcorn County, Chancery Clerk's Office, Waldon Street, Corinth, Mississippi 38834

Located Court Square, Southwest corner, Corinth, Mississippi

Formerly located Intersection of Franklin & Waldron Streets, Corinth, Mississippi 1896-1916.

Commemorates Civil War colonel William P. Rogers of the 2nd Texas Regiment, who was killed at Fort Robinette during the Battle of Corinth, on October 4, 1862. Colonel Rogers had also previously been a criminal lawyer. Monument was erected by the A.S. Johnson Camp of the Confederate Veterans and also commemorates those Confederate soldiers who also died during the Battle of Corinth. The monument was relocated to its current location, which is now a protected, historic district, in October of 1916. Brakeman and Hartz were the contractors, installing the statue on the base.

IAS files contain abstracts of the following related articles: The Sub-Soiler & Democrat (Mississippi), July 14, 1893, pg. 1; The Corinth Herald, Jan. 30, 1895, pg. 3, and April 9, 1896, pg. 3; and, The Sub-Soiler & Democrat (Mississippi), April 10, 1896, pg. 2. IAS files also contain abstracts of articles from The Weekly Corinthian, Oct. 5, 1916, pg. 7, and Oct. 10, 1916, pg. 2, which discuss the relocation of the monument. The Corinthian Herald articles from 1896 and Oct. 5, 1916 describe the media of the statue as bronze, but an NPS professional determined from a scratch test that the media is probably zinc. IAS files also contain brief biography of Col. Rogers.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.

SOS Assessment Award, 2000.

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