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"One of the big players in the group of tycoons who made up the Gilded Age, Grenville M. Dodge was far more than a financier and builder of railroads. Major General Dodge was an important figure in the War of the Rebellion, rising eventually to command the 16th Army Corps at the Battle of Atlanta. Although a valiant and inspiring leader on the battlefield, it was in the areas of engineering and military intelligence that General Dodge made his greatest contributions to the war effort." For more, see link.

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Excerpt: "One of the big players in the group of tycoons who made up the Gilded Age, Grenville M. Dodge was far more than a financier and builder of railroads. Major General Dodge was an important figure in the War of the Rebellion, rising eventually to command the 16th Army Corps at the Battle of Atlanta. Although a valiant and inspiring leader on the battlefield, it was in the areas of engineering and military intelligence that General Dodge made his greatest contributions to the war effort." For more, see link.
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Website
Citation URL: 
http://suvcw.org/mollus/pcinc/gmdodge.htm
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MOLLUS Commanders-In-Chief Biographies
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Full Biography provided at link.
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Website
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http://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/ruth-anne-dodge/
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Ruth Anne Dodge - Civil War Women
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Entry in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: "DODGE, Grenville Mellen, a Representative from Iowa; born in Danvers, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1831; attended the Danvers public schools and Durham Academy, New Hampshire; was graduated as a civil engineer from Norwich University, Vermont, in 1851; moved to Iowa and settled in Council Bluffs; member of the city council of Council Bluffs in 1860; entered the Union Army as colonel of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry on July 6, 1861; promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers March 21, 1862, and major general June 7, 1864; resigned from the Army May 30, 1866; chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad 1866-1870; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868, 1872, and 1876; settled in New York City; president of the commission to inquire into the management of the war with Spain; died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, January 3, 1916; interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery."
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000395
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Dodge, Grenville Mellen
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https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dodge&GSfn=grenville&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=12605&df=all&
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