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 DODGE

DODGE

Mo. At the head of tlie 4th brigade of the army of the southwest, he captured Springfield, Mo., Feb. 13, 1862 ; participated in the engagements at Cane and Sugar creeks in February, 1862; de- feated Gates at Blackburn's Mills, Ark., Feb. 27, 1862 ; and took a prominent part in the battle of Pea Ridge, March 8, 1862. In this battle he had three horses shot under him, was severely wounded, and for his gallantry was made briga- dier-general. After recovering from his wound he was assigned to the command of the military district of Columbus, Ky., and rebuilt the Mobile & Ohio railroad. In Jime, 1862, he had a sharp skirmish with a body of Confederate troops and for this action received the commendation of General Halleck, and in further recognition of these services, he was given the command of the central division of the Mississippi, with head- quarters at Trenton, Tenn. He defeated Gen. J. B. Villepigue on the Hatchie river, Oct. 5, 1862, after which his command was enlarged, and his headquarters were again established at Co- lumbus, where he captured Col. W. W. Faulkner and his forces near Island No. 10. In the autumn of 1862 he was placed in command of the Second division of the army of the Tennessee and soon afterward was assigned to the command of the district of Corinth. In the spring of 1863 he de- feated the Confederate forces under Gen. N. B. Forrest and other Confederate officers, and raised and equipped large numbers of colored troops. He afterward conducted the important expedi- tion up the Tennessee valley, in the rear of Bragg's army, destroying military stores to the value of many millions of dollars. Li July, 1863, he was placed in command of the left wing of the 16th army corps, and he made a raid on Granada, Miss., which resulted in the capture of a large number of cars and locomotives. Within about forty days he reconstructed and completed the Nashville & Decatur railroad, including one hundred and eighty-three bridges, trestles and other structures and in the same period he cap- tured Decatur, Ala,, with all its garrison. In the spring of 1864 he was entrusted with the advance of the army of the Tennessee, driving back the enemy on their railway to Resaca, and partici- pated in the battle at that place. May 13, 1864. At Lay's Ferry, May 15, he defeated a strong force from General Hood's corps, and shortly afterward constructed a double-track bridge across the Oos- tenaula river, over which the entire army of the Teimessee, with all its trains and artillery, pa,ssed with safety. For his service in this campaign he was made major-general. General Dodge was prominent in repelling Hood before Atlanta, July 22, 1864, at the death of McPherson, and in turn- ing the tide of battle at Ezra Church, July 27. He captured eight Hags and a large number of

prisoners during the siege of Atlanta, and re- ceived a desperate gunshot wound in the fore- head. After a furlough granted for recovery General Dodge was assigned to the Department and Army of the Missouri, where he relieved Gen- eral Rosecrans. Soon after this Kansas and Utah were merged into his command. He broke up bands of guerillas and marauders ; and received the surrender of four thousand of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's army in Missouri, May 26, 1865, and of Gen. Merriwether Jetf Thompson, with eight thousand officers and men in Arkansas. On May 1, 1866, General Dodge was chosen chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad and he resigned his position in the army to accept the civil office. He was a representative from Iowa in the 40th con- gi-ess, 1867-69, declining renomination. In 1870 he resigned as chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad and was chief engineer of the Texas & Pacific railway, 1871-81, after Avhich he removed to New York city. He was a delegate to the Re- publican national conventions of 1868 and 1876. He was made president of the Society of the army of the Tennessee, and commander of the military order of the Loyal Legion. In 1898 he was appointed major-general in the war with Spain, but declined the honor. Norwich university con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1892.

DODGE, Henry, senator, was born in Vin- cennes, Ind., Oct. 12, 1782; son of Israel and Anne Nancy (Hunter), grandson of John and Lydia (Rogers), great-grandson of Israel, and great^ grandson of Tristram Dodge who emi- grated from England to Block Island in 1661. His father was an officer of the Connecticut pro- vincial army at the time of the American Revolu- tion and settled in Kentucky in 1784. In the war of 1812 Henry commanded a company of mounted riflemen, was major of militia, and in April, 1813, was made lieutenant -colonel commanding a bat- talion of Missouri mounted infantry. In 1814 he was appointed a brigadier-general of Missouri vol- unteers, and was afterward elected major-gen- eral. In the Black Hawk war he was colonel of Michigan volunteers, and defeated the Indians under Black Hawk near the mouth of the Bad Axe, Jime 15, 1832. He was commissioned by President Jackson n:.ajor of U.S. rangers, Jiine 21, 1832, and colonel of the 1st dragoons, March 4, 1833. He secured a treaty of peace with the Indians in 1833 and the next year commanded an expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Congi-ess voted him the thanks of the nation and presented him with a sword. On July 4, 1836, he resigned his commission in the U.S. army and accepted from President Jackson the governorship of the territory of Wisconsin, and superintendency of Indian affairs. He made a treaty with the