George Brydges Rodney (7 October 1842 – 21 September 1927) was an officer in the

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who served as the sixth commander of the

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, from April 21, 1874, to August 16, 1874. At the outbreak of the

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, he enlisted in the Union Army on April 23, 1861, in an independent company of artillery formed in Pennsylvania. He was promoted in the

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to the rank of 1st lieutenant in the 4th Artillery on the 5th of August of the same year. He received a brevet (honorary promotion) to the rank of major on September 20, 1863. He remained in the Army after the war and was promoted to captain in 1869, major in 1892, lieutenant colonel in 1899 and to colonel in 1901. He was promoted to brigadier general the day before his retirement from the Army on August 5, 1903.Official Register of Commissioned Officers of the United States Army, 1906. pg. 425. He was a companion of the

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. He was the son of Delaware politician George B. Rodney and Mary J. (Duval) Rodney.

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Commanders of the Department of Alaska 1842 births 1927 deaths Rodney family (Delaware) {{Alaska-politician-stub

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