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bridge cross the river. The principal buildings are the 

 court -house ami other (-.unity baQdinn, OperBrboVM, 

 and high-school. There arc 7 Imti Is. 4 national lianks. 



1 private bank. 2 daily anil 4 weekly ncwspa> 

 churches, 12 schools, a female seminary, ami a business 

 college. The industrial works compri.-- L' flouring-, 



2 paper-, 1 woollen-, and 1 cotton mill, ami many lac 

 tones, producing agricultural implements, boots and 

 shoes, Uirniture, watches, silver plated ware, cutlery, 

 bolts, churns, carriages, pumps, culinary extract-. 

 wood-engravings, knit-goods, cioihinir. and s<inp. The 

 city is well bunt, has wide, well-shade. 1 Mraeta. MM) 

 two parks. It is lighted with gas and electric livl't, 

 and is supplied with water by the Holley s\>tcm. 

 It was settled in 1834, and in I SMI liad 13,129 

 inhabitants, while the State census of 1880 gave 

 19,4'jo 



ROCK ISLAND, a city of Illinois, seat of justice 

 of Rock Island co., is on the Mississippi River, nearly 



3 mill's aK>ve the mouth of the Rock River. It is 1S1 

 miles west of Chicago. A fine wrought-iron bridge, 

 built by the U. S. government in Is7<>. at a COM nl 

 $1,300,000, connects Rook Island with D:iveii|inrt. 

 Iowa, On the island which gives name to the city the, 

 government has erected a vast armory and arsenal, and 

 cx|>ended large sums of money in its improvement. 

 The navignUi- channel of the river is west of the island, 

 while that on the east has Km dammed, and furnishes 

 immense water-]>ower. The city has a court-house. ;; 

 national banks,. 20 churches, a high-school and other 

 schools, and is the seat of Aupnstwia College, which is 

 nnder the patronage ef Swedish Lutherans. The in- 

 dustrial works comprise saw-mills, flour-mills, machine- 

 shops, stove-foundries, gjass-works, and other manu- 

 factories. The city was incorporated in 1849, and in 

 1880 it had 1 l.o.Vj "inhabitant.,. 



ROCKLAND, a city of Maine, is on the w< 

 of Penobseot Bav, Id miles from the ocean, and CO 

 miles K. N. K of Portland, with which it has railroad 

 connection. It has a U. S. government building of 

 granite, a court-house of brick and granite, 2 national 

 banks and other hanks, 10 churches, graded schools, 

 a public library, and 3 weekly newspapers. The water- 

 supply is from a lake, 2} miles distant. Rockland has 

 an iron-foundry, brass-foundry, and minor manufact- 

 ures. The chief articles of export are lime and gran- 

 jte, the latter being obtained from the neighboring 

 islands. The town was incorporated in ]S4s, and re- 

 ceived a city charter in 1854. Its population in is MI 

 was 7599. 



ROCKVILLE, a manufacturing villaire of Tolland 

 CO., Conn., is on the New York and New 1 

 Railroad, 17 miles N. K. of Hartford, and 4 mile.- from 

 Vernon, from which a branch road runs. Ilockanuin 

 River, the outlet of Snipsic Lake, gives abundant 

 water-power, having here a fall of 2 s ii feet. There 

 are 5 woollen-mills, and factories producing cotton 

 goods, spool-silk, and stockinets. There are 3 hotels, 

 nn opera-house, 2 national banks, 2 savings banks, 8 

 churches, a high-school and other public schools, and 

 2 weekly newspapers. It is lighted with gas. and sup- 

 plied with water by aqueduct from the lake. It i* part 

 of the town of Vermin, which was organized in 1808. 

 Its first church was built in 1838. Its population in 

 1880 was 5<Hi 



RODES. ROBERT EMMETT (1826-1 864), Confederate 

 general, was born at Lynch bnrg, Va., March 29, 1826. 

 He graduated at the Virginia Military Institute in 

 1848, and was afterwards made instructor there. He 

 went to Mobile, Ala., early in 1861, to become captain 

 of cadets, and on the outbreak of the civil war was 

 made colonel of the Fifth Alabama regiment. He was 

 soon promoted to brigadier-general, and in 18(12 was 

 wounded at Seven Pines and at Antietaui (Sharps- 

 burg). He fought also at Frederick sburg and Chan- 

 cellorsvillc, gaining at the latter his promotion to a 

 major-gt ncral-hip. He fi night at Gettysburg, and was 

 afterwards with (icn. Jubal A. Early in the Shennn- 



doah Valley. He was killed in battle at Winchester, 

 3ept !'.. 1864. 



ROlKiKKS, JOHN (1771-ls:;s). nmodore, was 



IHMII ut Havre de Grace. Md.. .Inly II, 1771, and en- 

 tered the 1 . S. navy in 17 '.is as lieutenant. lie was with 

 Com. Tiuxton on the Constellation, when he captured 

 the French frigate L'lnsurgente in February. 

 Being then made captain, he cruised in the AYcst 

 Indies, and in 1802 went to the Mediterranean. In 

 .lime, INI;;, lie made a su<vcs>fiil attack on the. Trip- 

 olitan fleet, and in lsn4 had command of the Congress 

 (38 guns). In lSd;1 he succeeded to the command of 

 the fleet, and brought the wars with Tripoli and Tunis 

 to a close. In 1811. while commanding the Pre.-idciit, 

 a 44-gun ship, he engaged in pursuit of a British ves- 

 sel which had impressed an American sailor oil" Saudi 

 Hook. On his coming up with the Little Belt ('J'J 

 guns), ('apt. Ringham. an engagement ensued, in 

 which the British vessel was crippled. The two cap- 

 tains give varying accounts of the origin and pi- 

 nt' the tight. Although war between the two nations 

 was averted for a time, the action greatly increased tho 

 ho 1 -! ilc feeling. At last, in June, ISI'J. li 

 sailed from New York in command of a squadron, out 

 two days later, while he was chasing a British frigate, 

 a gun burst, wounding him and others, and killing 

 some. In the same year he captured some British 

 merchant ves.-els. In 1814 he was employed in thede- 

 fenee of Baltimore. After the war he was president 

 of the board of navy commissioners untd 1S37, with 

 til,- exception of the years ]MM-L!7, when he com- 

 manded the Mediterranean squadron. He retired in 

 ls:!7. and died at Philadelphia. Aug. 1, 1838. 



His son. JOHN RnlxlKKS (1SI2-S2), rear admiral, 

 was born in Maryland. Aug. S, 1812, and became a 

 midshipman in 182H. In 1853-56 he commanded the 

 steamer .John Hancock in an exploring expedition in 

 j the North Pacific. At the outbreak of the civil war 

 he had risen to the rank of commander, and early in 

 Isdii he superintended the construction of the iron- 

 clads for service- on the Mississippi. In May lie con- 

 ducted an exrx-dition of gnn-boat.s on the .lames River, 

 and attacked Fort Darling. In June. lsti:{. with the 

 monitor \Ycehawkcn, he captured the Confederate 

 ironclad Atlanta near Savannah, (!;>.. after a very 

 brief contest. For this exploit ho was made commo- 

 dore. In 1*0(1 he made the perilous voyage around 

 Cape Horn in the monitor Monad no-/. In Ix'.'.t he was 



Sromoted rear admiral and had command of the China 

 Mi. In AiiL'iist, Is7l, he captured the ('oivaii forts, 

 and put an end to the outrages which Corcans had 

 committed on American commerce. lie afterward* 

 had charge ot Mare Island navy -yard at San Francisco. 

 He was made superintendent of the I . S. Naval Ob- 

 servatory at Washington, in 1S77. and in the next 

 year became also chairman of the LiL'htlioii-e Board. 

 He was noted for his scientific attainments and did 

 much to promote scientific work by the national gov- 

 ernment. He died May 5. ISM.'. 



HODMAN, THOMAS JEFFEKSON (1815-1871), in- 

 ventor, was horn at Salem, I ml., July 3D, 1815. He 

 graduated at West Point iu 1841, and entered the 

 ordnance department. His chief invention was a. 

 method of ca-ting guns hollow and cooling them from 

 the inside. For its results, and the comparative merits 

 of his guns, sec ORDNANCE. He also introduced the 

 use of mammoth powder, and was constantly engaged 

 in making and testing devices for the improvement of 

 ordnance. During the civil war his guns were u^ed by 

 the navy as well as the army, and the method of cool- 

 ing from the inside was applied to shells. Rodman 

 had command of the \Vatertown arsenal during the 

 war, and in June, ISC,.'',, was made major, and at the 

 close of the war received the brevet of brigadier-gen- 

 eral. In 1865 he was placed in command of Rock 

 ! Island, where he constructed the arsenal. In 1807 

 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. He died at Rock 

 Island, June 7, 1871. 



