Sion Rogers

Sion Rogers Historical Figure Nationality: United States (Confederate States, 1861-65) Year of Birth: 1825 Year of Death: 1874 Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Soldier Military Branch: Confederate Army (American Civil War) Political Party: Whig Party, Democratic Party Political Office(s): United States Representative from North Carolina Fictional Appearances: The Guns of the South POD: January 17, 1864 Type of Appearance: Direct Nationality: Confederate States Occupation: Politician Political Party: Confederate Party Military Branch: 47th North Carolina (Second American Revolution) Political Office(s): Confederate States Representative from North Carolina

Sion Hart Rogers (September 30, 1825 – August 14, 1874) was a U.S. Congressman from and Attorney General of North Carolina. Born near Raleigh, Rogers was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Raleigh. As a Whig, he served one term in Congress (1853-1855). During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment of North Carolina State Troops in 1861; was commissioned colonel of the 47th North Carolina Infantry on April 8, 1862, and resigned January 5, 1863, upon being elected attorney general of the State of North Carolina. He again served in United States Congress from 1871-1873, this time as a Democrat, and died only two years after failing to win reelection.

Sion Rogers in The Guns of the South

Representative Sion Rogers, a Confederate Party member from North Carolina, was the head of the Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Presidential inaugural ceremonies of March 4, 1868. He was in charge of personally escorting the Lees, Browns, and other important participants. His duties were brutally interrupted by the Richmond Massacre, during which he was wounded.