Military officer; born in
Dunbarton, N. H., in 1727.
Raising a corps of rangers, he was commissioned a major, and he and his men became
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renowned for their exploits during the
French and Indian War. In 1759 he destroyed the
Indian village of
St. Francis, and in 1760 was sent by
General Amherst to take possession of
Detroit and other Western posts ceded to the
English by the
French.
Going to
England, he there published his journal, which he presented to the
King, who, in 1765, made him governor of Michilimackinac (Mackinaw); but he was shortly afterwards sent to
Montreal, in irons, to be tried on a charge of a design to plunder the fort and join the
French.
He was acquitted, went to
England, was presented to the
King, and was soon afterwards imprisoned for debt.
Released, he went to
Algiers and fought in two battles for the Dey. Returning to
America, he joined the royalists on the breaking out of the
Revolutionary War, and raised the famous corps known as the “
Queen's Rangers.”
Rogers published two works on the
French and Indian War, as well as two or three other books.
He died in
England, about 1800.