Civil War Union Naval Officer. The son of naval hero John Rodgers, he was appointed a midshipman in 1828 and saw his first service aboard the "Constellation" in the Mediterranean. An active naval officer until his death in 1882, when he was the senior Rear Admiral on the active list, he commanded ships off Florida in the Seminole War (1840), in the Home, Africa, and Mediterranean Squadrons (1842-1849), and led the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition (1854) and Arcitc Ocean Surveying Expedition (1855). In the Civil War he commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, attacking Charleston and capturing the Confederate ironclad "Atlanta". Following the Civil War he commanded the Pacific squadron (1865-1866), the Boston Navy Yard (1866-1869), the Asiatic Squadron (1870-1872), the Mare Island Navy Yard (1873-1877) and the Naval Observatory (1877-1882).
Civil War Union Naval Officer. The son of naval hero John Rodgers, he was appointed a midshipman in 1828 and saw his first service aboard the "Constellation" in the Mediterranean. An active naval officer until his death in 1882, when he was the senior Rear Admiral on the active list, he commanded ships off Florida in the Seminole War (1840), in the Home, Africa, and Mediterranean Squadrons (1842-1849), and led the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition (1854) and Arcitc Ocean Surveying Expedition (1855). In the Civil War he commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, attacking Charleston and capturing the Confederate ironclad "Atlanta". Following the Civil War he commanded the Pacific squadron (1865-1866), the Boston Navy Yard (1866-1869), the Asiatic Squadron (1870-1872), the Mare Island Navy Yard (1873-1877) and the Naval Observatory (1877-1882).
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