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UNION MAJOR GENERAL GRENVILLE M. DODGE
TLS, 2PP, March 20, 1902 to Congressman Walter Smith re:
Cuba. $125.00
Dodge, Grenville M., major-general, was employed as a civil
engineer in railroad construction work until the outbreak of the
Civil war. He served in Missouri under Fremont commanded a
brigade in the Army of the Southwest, and a portion of his
command took Springfield, Feb. 13, 1862, opening Gen. Curtis,
Arkansas campaign of that year. At the battle of Pea ridge he
commanded a brigade on the extreme right, had three horses shot
under him in that engagement and was severely wounded in the
side. For gallantry he was appointed brigadier-general of
volunteers, March 31, 1862, and in June of that year he took
command of the district of the Mississippi and built the Mississippi
& Ohio railroad. He was one of the first to organize negro
regiments. He defeated Gen. J. B. Villepigue on the Hatchie river,
Oct. 5, 1862, captured Col. W. W. Faulkner and his forces near
Island No. 1O, and in the autumn of 1862 was placed in command of
the 2nd division of the Army of the Tennessee. During the
Vicksburg campaign, with headquarters at Corinth, he made
frequent raids, and indirectly protected the flanks of both Grant
and Rosecrans, and for his services was placed at the head of Gen.
Grant's list of officers recommended for promotion. He
distinguished himself at the battle of Sugar valley, May 29, 1864,
and at Resaca, May 14 and 15, 1865, and for his services at these
engagements was promoted major-general of volunteers June 7,
1864 In the Georgia campaign he led the 16th corps of Sherman's
army and distinguished himself at Atlanta, July 22, withstanding
with eleven regiments, a whole army corps, and at the siege of that
city, on Aug 19, where he received a wound so severe as to
incapacitate him for service for some time. He succeeded Gen.
Rosecrans in the command of the Department of Missouri in Dec.,
1864, became commander also of the Department of Kansas and the
territories in Feb., 1865, breaking up bands of guerrillas and
marauders and defeating hostile Indians, and receiving the
surrender of Gen. Smith's army in Missouri, and Gen. Merriwether
Jeff Thompson's command in Arkansas. Gen. Dodge was chosen
chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad on May 1, 1866, and
resigned from the army to accept the office. He served in the 40th
Congress, 1867-69, as representative from Iowa, but declined
renomination. He was chief engineer of the Texas & Pacific
railroad from 1871 to 1881, and then removed to New York city.
Gen. Dodge was a delegate to the Republican national conventions
of 1868 and 1876, held the office of president of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, and was at one time commander of the
Loyal Legion. He was appointed major-general in the war with
Spain, in 1898, but declined the honor.
TLS, 2PP, March 20, 1902 to Congressman Walter Smith re:
Cuba. $125.00
Dodge, Grenville M., major-general, was employed as a civil
engineer in railroad construction work until the outbreak of the
Civil war. He served in Missouri under Fremont commanded a
brigade in the Army of the Southwest, and a portion of his
command took Springfield, Feb. 13, 1862, opening Gen. Curtis,
Arkansas campaign of that year. At the battle of Pea ridge he
commanded a brigade on the extreme right, had three horses shot
under him in that engagement and was severely wounded in the
side. For gallantry he was appointed brigadier-general of
volunteers, March 31, 1862, and in June of that year he took
command of the district of the Mississippi and built the Mississippi
& Ohio railroad. He was one of the first to organize negro
regiments. He defeated Gen. J. B. Villepigue on the Hatchie river,
Oct. 5, 1862, captured Col. W. W. Faulkner and his forces near
Island No. 1O, and in the autumn of 1862 was placed in command of
the 2nd division of the Army of the Tennessee. During the
Vicksburg campaign, with headquarters at Corinth, he made
frequent raids, and indirectly protected the flanks of both Grant
and Rosecrans, and for his services was placed at the head of Gen.
Grant's list of officers recommended for promotion. He
distinguished himself at the battle of Sugar valley, May 29, 1864,
and at Resaca, May 14 and 15, 1865, and for his services at these
engagements was promoted major-general of volunteers June 7,
1864 In the Georgia campaign he led the 16th corps of Sherman's
army and distinguished himself at Atlanta, July 22, withstanding
with eleven regiments, a whole army corps, and at the siege of that
city, on Aug 19, where he received a wound so severe as to
incapacitate him for service for some time. He succeeded Gen.
Rosecrans in the command of the Department of Missouri in Dec.,
1864, became commander also of the Department of Kansas and the
territories in Feb., 1865, breaking up bands of guerrillas and
marauders and defeating hostile Indians, and receiving the
surrender of Gen. Smith's army in Missouri, and Gen. Merriwether
Jeff Thompson's command in Arkansas. Gen. Dodge was chosen
chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad on May 1, 1866, and
resigned from the army to accept the office. He served in the 40th
Congress, 1867-69, as representative from Iowa, but declined
renomination. He was chief engineer of the Texas & Pacific
railroad from 1871 to 1881, and then removed to New York city.
Gen. Dodge was a delegate to the Republican national conventions
of 1868 and 1876, held the office of president of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, and was at one time commander of the
Loyal Legion. He was appointed major-general in the war with
Spain, in 1898, but declined the honor.