. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . rected the move-ments of a fleet of gun-boats that was engaged inoccupying strategic points on the coast south ofPort Royal, commanding an expedition to ~tini and up St. Marys river in March. was fleet-captain in the Xew Ironsides inthe attack of 7 April. 1S03, on the defences ofCharleston and in the subsequent operations oftlie South Atlantic blockading squadron,till in theautumn of 1863 he was assigned to the command ofthe steam sloop Iroquois, in which he was em-ployed on special service till the end of the was commi
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . rected the move-ments of a fleet of gun-boats that was engaged inoccupying strategic points on the coast south ofPort Royal, commanding an expedition to ~tini and up St. Marys river in March. was fleet-captain in the Xew Ironsides inthe attack of 7 April. 1S03, on the defences ofCharleston and in the subsequent operations oftlie South Atlantic blockading squadron,till in theautumn of 1863 he was assigned to the command ofthe steam sloop Iroquois, in which he was em-ployed on special service till the end of the was commissioned as captain on 25 July, 1866,commanded the Franklin in the Mediterraneanin 1868-70, became a commodore on 28 Aug.,1870, was on special service in Europe in 1S71,then chief of the bureau of yards and docks till1874, was commissioned as rear-admiral on 14June, 1874, and was superintendent of the navalacademy, except in 1878-80. when he commandedthe naval forces in the Pacific, until on 14 Nov.,1881, he was placed on the retired list. Hear-. Admiral Rodgers presided over the internationalconference at Washington in 1885 for the purposeof fixing a prime meridian and universal day.—Another son. (Veorsre Washington, naval officer,b. in Brooklyn, X. Y., 30 1822 : d. off Charles-ton harbor, S. ( 17 fsftl, entered the navyas midshipman, 30 April, 1836, became passed mid-shipman, 1 July, 1842, and was in the steamer and the frigate John Adams duringthe Mexican war. at Vera Cruz, Tuspan, Alvarado,and other points on the Gulf coast, where he sen edas acting master from 4 Nov., 1840. He was onthe U. S. coast survey in 1849-50, was commis-sioned lieutenant, 4 June, 1850, cruised in the•Mieiniantown on the home station in 1851-3,and was at the naval academy in 1861-2. InApril, 1861, he saved the Constitution from athreatened attack by secessionists at Annapolis,and took the naval academy to Xewport, R. I. Hewas commissioned commander, 16 Jan., 18(12. andi
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