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
