num_pages: 426
description: Rodgers a son of Commodore John Rodgers was born near Havre de Grace Maryland. He received his appointment as a Midshipman in the Navy on 18 April 1828. Service in the Mediterranean on board Constellation and Concord opened his long career of distinguished service and he commanded an expedition of Naval Infantry and Marines in Florida during the Seminole Wars. In the mid-1850s he succeeded Commander Ringgold in command of the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition which added greatly to the knowledge of far eastern and northern waters. Following his promotion to Commander in 1855 he married and settled to work in the Navy's Japan Office in Washington D.C. where he was serving when the Civil War broke out. -- Wikipedia
language: English
title: Rear Admiral John Rodgers, 1812-1882
publisher: Arno Press