The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-17
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
DODGE.
The New Secretary of War-WhO He Is and
What He Has Done.

1t is rumored that Secretary Rawlings of the
Cabinet, will in a few days resign. The truth OF
this rumor finds confirmation in the fact that
President Grant has just telegraphed to General
Grenville NJ. Dodge, Chief Engineer of the
Union Pacific Railroad to accept the Office
when Rawlins has retired As will be seen by
a telegram from Chicago tins important mes
sage was received by General Dodge while mid
way on the road His response is that he will
be in Washington as quickly possible, and it
is evident from this that in case Rawlins docs
resign, he will accept the appointment as his
successor.
Grenville VI. Dodge was born in Danvers
Mass on April 10, 1881. He was educated at
the Norwich Military Institute in Vermont, and
then under the presidency of Captain Alden
Partridge. In 1851 he removed to Illinois, and
was there employed in railway surveys until
1854. Subsequently he fixed his residence i'm
Sioux City, Iowa. At the beginning of the Re-
bellion he was selected as State agent for Iowa,
| to visit Washington and procure arms for the
| volunteers. On his return he was commissioned
! Colonel of the 4th Iowa Volunteers to date from
June II, 1861
He was appointed commander of the lst
| Brigade, 4th Division, under General Carr in
| General Curtis Army of Southwestern Missouri
| and commanded on the extreme right of the
| Union lines Mt Pea Ridge, March to S. 1862
| lie was severely wounded in the side during
this contest, but remained on the field until the
rout of the Rebel army was effected For his
| bravery he was promoted to brigadier general of
| volunteers to date from March 81 1862.
| General Dodge during the following June
| commanded the District of Mississippi, and
| superintended the reconstruction of the Ohio
| and Mississippi Railroad. When General Grants
| army advanced into Mississippi, he was placed
| in command of the district of Cornth. During
| the following December he became attached to
| General Mcpherson 5 command but subsequently,
| was transferred to General Hurlbut. In the
| spring of 1868 he conducted several successful
| expeditions through Northern Alabama.
! During General Grants operations before
| Vicksburg General Dodge commanded the left
| wing of the 10th Army Corps engaged in pro-
| tecting the lines of communications to Memphis,
| Tenn. At this time he organized the famous
| donkey brigade" of the Alabama mountains
At the end of 1868 he held the line from Duck
| river, Tennessee, to Decatur, Alabama. a dis
| tance OF eighty miles, and rebuilt the railroad
| In the beginning of 1864 he commanded the
I'd Division OF the 10th Army Corps, under the
| new organization of the army, but was sub
| sequently placed in command of two
divisions, constituting that portion of the corps
then acting in General McPhersOns wing of
Sherman's army. His gallant conduct at Sugar
! Valley May g. and Resacca, May II and l5
1864, secured for him the rank of Ma r-General
| in which he was confirmed on June Z, 1864. He
was next assigned to the full command of the
10th Army Corps, and participated in all the
| operations of Sherman's Georgia campaign. He
| fought ut New Hope Church, May 27, and ope-
| rated continually on the right of the main army,
| engaging the Rebels at Big Shanty, ,June25 1864.
| Changing to the left, he assisted in the occupa-
| ton OF Decatur, five miles from Atlanta, on July
| II. On the Goth and 22d of July he was engaged
on the left before Atlanta, after which, under
General Howard, he again changed front to the
right. On July % he was again attacked-this
time while on the march-and each time repealed
the assaults of the enemy.
| On August IS while making q tour of inspec
tion of his lines, near Atlanta, General Dodge
was severely wounded. He was Immediately
conveyed to his quarters and sentnorth to Chat
tanOoga. The nature of the Generals wounC
obliged him to remain inactive for some months
but in December 1864, he was sufficiently re-
| covered to assume command of the Department
| of the Missouri, to which he was then assigned
as successor to General ROsecrans.
When the grand project for building the grea
| trans-continental railway was started, Genera
Dodge was selected as the Chief Engineer of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, in which i'm
| pOrtant position he still remains. In 1866 he
was elected Representative in Congress from
the Fifth district of Iowa, receiving an over
whelming majority, the district being very
| strongly Republican. He remained in Congress
but one term, and was not a candidate for re
election in 1868. While in Congress he served
upon the Committee on Military Affairs anC
upon that on Roads and Canals His presen
| residence is Council Bluffs, Iowa.