were made by the chaplain of the Fifty-third Massachusetts, Mr. Whittemore. . . . .
Your affectionate nephew, Thomas R. Rodman.
Headquarters, defences of New Orleans, New Orleans, June 5, 1863.
dear Sir,— I had hoped to obtain some of a line of rifle-pits, to protect itself from the fire of sharpshooters.
A messenger rode up with orders; and as Colonel Rodman impulsively rose to receive them, he was shot through the heart, dying instantly and without pain.
The Thirty-ei on or near the battle-field.
A letter from the Adjutant-General of the division, received this morning, says of Colonel Rodman, His own men, and all those who ever knew or saw him, lament him.
No one of those who have fallen during the sie be rewarded.
May God temper your sorrow to you.
With deep respect,
Your obedient servant, Frank W. Loring. Mr. Rodman.
Most of those whom this book commemorates were very young men, who had no life-long habits to surmount, no settled
st Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 6, 1863.
Captain, Nov. 15, 1863.
Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864.
Rockwell, William W.
Captain, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 20, 1862.
Died of disease at Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 3, 1863.
Rockwood, Elihu R.
Second Lieutenant, 37th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 27, 1862. First Lieutenant, 4th Heavy Artillery, Dec. 31, 1864.
Mustered out, June 17, 1865.
Rockwood, George W.
Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861.
Resigned, Jan. 26, 1863.
Rodman, Thomas R.
Captain, 38th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1862.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Rogers, Benjamin Frank.
Captain, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861.
Resigned, Mar. 2, 1862.
Captain, 33d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862.
Resigned, Dec. 1, 1862.
Rogers, Elijah P.
Captain, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1861.
Resigned, June 17, 1862.
Rogers, Elijah P.
First Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 18, 1864.
Mustered out, June 17, 1865.
Rogers, Emory.
First Sergea
seph C., 584
Robinson, F. T., 606
Robinson, S. S., 342
Robinson, W. A., 342
Robinson, W. E., 342
Robinson, William, 342
Roby, G. W., 342
Roche, D. W., 342
Roche, E. P., 388
Roche, Maurice, 16th Mass. Inf., 343
Roche, Maurice, 3d Mass. H. A., 343
Roche, T. R., 343
Rock, John, 343
Rockwell, C. H., 124
Rockwell, W. W., 343
Rockwood, C. F., 571
Rockwood, E. R., 343
Rockwood, G. W., 343
Rockwood, Henry, Navy, 124
Rockwood, Henry, 15th Mass. Inf., 388
Rodgers, G. W., 709
Rodman, T. R., 343
Rodman, W. L., 227
Rodocanachi, L. D., 124
Roebuck, C. P., 124
Rogers, A. P., Miss, 584
Rogers, Annette, 591
Rogers, B. F., 343
Rogers, C. A., 124
Rogers, E. H., 607
Rogers, E. P., 19th Mass. Inf., 343
Rogers, E. P., 4th Mass. H. A., 343
Rogers, Edward, 124
Rogers, Emory, 343
Rogers, F. E., 343
Rogers, F. P. H., 343
Rogers, G. A., 343
Rogers, H. A., 124
Rogers, H. B., 584
Rogers, H. B., Mrs., 584
Rogers, H. M., 124
Rogers, J. C., 48th Mass. Inf., 343
Rogers, J