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Rodgers (CHRISTOPHER RAY- MOND PERRY)

CHRISTOPHER RAY- MOND PERRY, an American naval officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1819. In 1833 he entered the United States navy as a midshipman; was in active service during the Seminole and Mexican Wars; and in 1861 became commander. In that year, in the "Wabash" of Admiral Dupont's squadron, he was fleet-captain at the battle of Port Royal.

He commanded, in 1862, an expedition to St. Augustine and up the St. Mary's river. In the attack on the defenses of Charleston, April 7, 1863, he was fleetcaptain on the "New Ironsides." He was appointed superin superintendent of the United States Naval Academy 1874-78, and 1881, and in the year 1874 was promoted rear-admiral. He was retired in 1881; and died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 8, 1892. captain