John Isaac Rodgers, USMA 1861
- Taught mathematics at West Point, 1864-1865.
Cullum
# 1898.
“11.
John Isaac Rodgers (Pennsylvania), Upton’s roommate, served in the
artillery and taught mathematics at West Point. He became a general and chief of
artillery during the Spanish-American War, retired in 1902, and died in 1931.”
[Ralph Kirschner, The Class of 1861 (1999), p. 155. Pictured on plates between
pages 12 and 13.]
Genealogy:
His son Robert Clive Rodgers (#4669) is a graduate.