Grenville Dodge compiled correspondence and manuscripts. Books 2-4, War period, 1861 March 1-1864 May [microform].

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Grenville Dodge compiled correspondence and manuscripts. Books 2-4, War period, 1861 March 1-1864 May [microform].

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Transcribed documents with interspersed editorial comments. The original documents form part of the Grenville Mellen Dodge papers in the collections of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines Center. The materials included in these 3 volumes shed light on Dodge's activities during the Civil War period.

ca. 3500 p.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916

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Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was a Civil War general; prominent national railroad surveyor and engineer; and U.S. Representative. Dodge conducted surveys for the Illinois Central, Rock Island (Mississippi to Missouri line), and the Union Pacific railroads before the Civil War. He was commissioned as Colonel with the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in 1861 and promoted to Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers in 1862 and then Major General in 1864. In addition to combat, he...