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Battery Rodgers, Defenses of the Potomac River, Alexandria, Virginia.
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Soldiers posing with Battery Rodger's 15-inch Rodman gun, the largest cannon in the Federal arsenal mounted in Washington DC.
Battery Rodgers located near the Alexandria Whard, was constructed to guard the approach to Washington DC on the Potomac River. Together with Fort Foote, positioned across the river in Maryland, the battery's massive 15-inch Rodman guns and 200-pounder Parrott rifles could penetrate Confederate ironclad ships.
Battery Rodgers was named in honor of Navy Captain George W. Rodgers, killed in action at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina on August 17, 1863.
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