A boat crew led by Commander John Rodgers went ashore under a flag of truce and found the fort abandoned.
Commodore John Rodgers; captain, commodore, and senior officer of the American Navy, 1773-1838.
At about the same time that McClellan received the letter, he also had a naval officer, Commander John Rodgers, added to his staff.
His successor, John Rodgers, oversaw major growth during his 12-year tenure.
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When Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, the American Minister to Chile, learned that Commodore Méndez Núñez was to bombard the port of Valparaiso, he asked the American naval commander Commodore John Rodgers to attack the Spanish fleet.
After Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote relieved Commander John Rodgers in command of the Western Flotilla, he requested that Winslow be sent west to assist him as executive officer.
That same year he received training on board the flagship USS Colorado of the American Asiatic Squadron and was sponsored by Admiral John Rodgers to attend Columbia University from April 1872 until July 1874.
Captain John Rodgers, Lieutenant Porter, and Dr. William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, all of the United States Navy did this as did Dr. Raymond, in the American steamer Golden Age, and Captain Henry Toynbee, (F.R.A.S., F.R.A.G.S) of the English East Indiaman the Gloriana.