Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
| Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers | |
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C.R.P. Rodgers, photographed by Mathew Brady
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| Born |
November 4, 1819 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | January 8, 1892 (aged 72) Washington, D.C. |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1833–1881 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars |
Second Seminole War Mexican–American War American Civil War |
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Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (4 November 1819 – 8 January 1892) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.
Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a naval family. His father, George Washington Rodgers, was a Navy captain, who had commanded the brig Firefly during the War of 1812, and was the brother of Rear Admiral John Rodgers. They were the sons of Commodore John Rodgers. Through his mother, Anna Maria Perry, his maternal grandfather was Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and his uncles were the Commodores Oliver Hazard and Matthew Calbraith Perry. His family background all but ensured that both C.R.P. Rodgers and his younger brother George Washington Rodgers, Jr., would join the Navy.
Rodgers was appointed midshipman on 5 October 1833, serving aboard the frigate Brandywine in the Pacific Squadron in 1834-35, then in the sloop Vincennes on the same station in 1836. He was stationed at the New York Navy Yard from 1837, receiving promotion to passed midshipman on 8 July that year.
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