When was it published?

January 19, 1847 in Richmond Palladium

Domestic News January 19, 1847

Richmond Palladium

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Midshipman Rogers, James Rogers, Esq., William H. Rogers, Esq.

Q: What keywords are associated?

Midshipman Rogers, Creole Burning, Vera Cruz Reconnaissance, Delaware Navy, Prisoner Capture

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

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What is this article about?

Midshipman Rogers, son of James Rogers of Newcastle, Delaware, and brother of U.S. District Attorney William H. Rogers, distinguished himself by burning the Creole under San Juan d'Ulloa guns and was captured while reconnoitering near Vera Cruz to blow up a magazine. Described as adventurous from boyhood.

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Midshipman Rogers.—This young gentleman, who so gallantly distinguished himself by the burning of the Creole, under the guns of the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, and who has since been taken prisoner, while reconnoitering in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, with the intention of ascertaining the locality of the magazine, for the purpose of blowing that up, says the Wilmington, Del., Chronicle, is the son of James Rogers, Esq., of Newcastle, in that State, and brother of William H. Rogers, Esq., U. S. District Attorney for Delaware.

Midshipman Rogers, from a boy, was of a most adventurous and daring disposition—'a fear-nothing spirit.'

What sub-type of article is it?

Military

What keywords are associated?

Midshipman Rogers Creole Burning Vera Cruz Reconnaissance Delaware Navy Prisoner Capture

What entities or persons were involved?

Midshipman Rogers James Rogers, Esq. William H. Rogers, Esq.

Where did it happen?

Newcastle, Delaware

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Newcastle, Delaware

Key Persons

Midshipman Rogers James Rogers, Esq. William H. Rogers, Esq.

Outcome

taken prisoner

Event Details

This young gentleman, who so gallantly distinguished himself by the burning of the Creole, under the guns of the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, and who has since been taken prisoner, while reconnoitering in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, with the intention of ascertaining the locality of the magazine, for the purpose of blowing that up, says the Wilmington, Del., Chronicle, is the son of James Rogers, Esq., of Newcastle, in that State, and brother of William H. Rogers, Esq., U. S. District Attorney for Delaware. Midshipman Rogers, from a boy, was of a most adventurous and daring disposition—'a fear-nothing spirit.'