Battery Rodgers Hospital (Site)

These coordinates mark the exact location where the hospital once stood. Today, no visible remains exist.


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Here follows an excerpt from the City of Alexandria website:

Battery Rodgers Hospital
Battery Rodgers Hospital, located at the corner of S. Fairfax and Franklin Streets, was part of a large complex built to protect the Potomac River approaches to Washington. The fort also had two barracks, a prison, a mess hall, and a slaughterhouse.

History of Battery Rodgers Hospital
Corner of Fairfax and Franklin Streets

Battery Rodgers was part of a large complex built to protect the Potomac River approaches to Washington from attack in connection with a fort on the Maryland side of the river. It was named for U.S. Navy Captain George Washington Rodgers, killed on August 17, 1863, during the attack on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. In addition to a small hospital, the fort also had two barracks, a prison, a mess hall, and a slaughterhouse located behind the battery.

Quartermaster Map
The Quartermaster map shows the hospital on Fairfax Street, along with the other buildings and earthworks of Battery Rodgers.

Location and the Site Today
Battery Rodgers was located at the corner of Fairfax and Franklin Streets. Water Street, on the map, is now called Lee Street. Land east of Battery Rodgers has been filled in beyond what is now Union Street, and is now the site of Ford's Landing homes and Jones Point Park.