Rogers-Palfrey-Brewster-Stilwell Cross

The Eastern Face

This side faces towards Pontchartrain Blvd.

The first panel is a 7-armed Jewish menorah with the words “Love Joy Peace” inscribed below it.

The second panel is a celtic-knot cross.

The third panel depicts a Louisiana Pelican, upon which is superimposed a pair of crossed cannon and a pyramid of cannon balls. There are inscriptions in the four corners (clockwise from top left):  FB, CSA, 1862, 1865.

This panel commerates Walter Henry Rogers’service in the Civil War.  The FB stands for “Fenner’s Battery.” Fenner’s Battery was an artillery formation in the Army of Tennessee, which would explain the crossed cannon.  Here is more detail on Fenner’s Battery.  Records indicate a “W. Rogers” was a private in this outfit.  (Thanks to Lori Taylor for solving this one for me--I was stuck on what “FB” meant.)

The final panel on this side lists the first set of names commerated on the cross (the dates are inscribed on the side):

Walter Henry Rogers 1843-1906

Elizabeth J. L. Goelet Rogers 1843 - 1924

Jane Grey Rogers 1843 - 1924

Elizabeth Buncombe Palfrey 1869 - 1928

Elizabeth G. Rogers Palfrey 1871 - 1933

Arthur Griswold Palfrey 1858 - 1942

Jane Yates Smith Goelet 1811 - 1867

Francis Heath Goelet 1846 - 1885

Of these names, Walter Henry Rogers would have been the right age to serve in the Civil War.

On to the Southern Face of the cross.

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