The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-04
GEN. c. N. DODGE,
RAILWAY BUILDER
ANDF|GHTER, DEAD
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Victor In Many Hard Fought Bat
ties With Men and Nature
- SuCcumbs tn Old Age
WON FAME AS SOLDIER
WHEN BUT YOUNG MAN
Drove Union Pacific Line Across
Rockies Despite Huge
Difficulties
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(Associated Press by Federal wireiesS)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, January 4.
~ Maj. Gen. Grenville Mellen Dodge,
whose brilliant exploits during the Civil
War made him famous, died at his home
here yesterday. lie was eighty-fve
years old.
Two notable Sc. gices to his country
assure General Dodge a place among the
history makers of the Civil War and re.
construction periods.
As soldier his valor Is attested by
the fact that -four horses were shot
from under him in the battle Of Pea
Ridge, and that he. himself received
wounds in several battles.
As pioneer in western railroad build.
ing he has the Union Pacific Railroad,
whose line he located and whose con-
struction he superintended, standing to.
day as monument to his memory.
Some sixty years ago, the then young
land, where he had studied civil en-.
gineering, to Council Bluffs, entered the
employ of the illinois Central Railroad
Araham Lincoln, who had done legal
work for the same company, met the
young Yankee. They talked of build
ing a railroad over the Rocky Noun
tains and beyond, The world had beer
laughing at the project Lincoln ant
Dodge agreed that it was feasible. K
The federal government slloftIy az
terward decided to begin surveying 70
the proposed line, dodge jumped at tn
chance of leading the, party, Severy
tripe. - afllleI
I Mountains searching for the most ~
sible route, the men under Dodge IN
/ ing into many wilderness TO meet I .
born resistance ON the part Of the s
1 dians. E
/ In the midst of the undertaking q
/ Civil War broke out. Dodge, born a
Danvers, Massachusetts. in 1881 was jus
thirty years old. He had had some mil
itary training at Norwich University, il
Vermont, and some experience fighting
Indians. Securing colonel's commits
sion from his old friend, President Lin
4 coin, he raised, drilled and equipped a
his own expense the Fourth Iowa Infan
j try Regiment. s.&
1 Within two weeks Colonel Dodge wa
leading his command against,the rebel
in Northern Missouri. His gallantr
4 soon afterward at the battle of Pc
Fridge won almost instant promotion I
4 the rank of Brigadier General. He los
j one fourth of his entire command, bu
he saved the day for the Federal army
i He again distinguished himself in tn
i decisive battle of the Atlanta campaig
July %, 1864, when he defeated Ger
y assac Hood s desperate movement to III
rear r0f the Army Of the Tennessee.
Il Later while standing IN a trench b,
!. fore Atlanta, General Dodge was She
4 and severely wounded in the head.
III After the fall of Vicksburg he r,
eeivcd appreciative recognition fro
General Grant, being promoted to majC
general and given command of the Sil
lteenth Army Corps.
II The hanging Of "Sam'' Davis, a Coz
federate spy who was captured in TeI
! nessess, was one Of the incidents I
General DOdge's career. On Davis we
were found complete plans of the fort
lfcations at Nashville, which, evidentl
he had received from some federal o
sfcer high in authority. General Dodl
offered the young spy his freedom if
; would reveal the name of his informai
! but the accused man refused. Half
4 dozen times tefore sending the man
] the gallows, General Dodge offered ii
. Immunity. The spy went to his dea
y lwith his lips closed. ,...e .u
, "He was the brayest man that ev
!, died" said General Dodge. ...
n When General Dodge retired in lSC
/ II was to 90 back to railroad buildin
. II -, L., 4 tnaAlt. haI u1l
moneG Dodge to Washington for a co
ference on the route. Dodge suggest
IOmaha as the Eastern terminus of t
railway and it was at his suggesti
that this decision was made. Work b
4 progressed but slowly, however, up
Il 1866, when Dodge took charge aga
4 BY May, 1867 he had $4,000 men alo
4 the river Platte, and he kept thu
n steadily moving westward. Within thu
). years the last spike was driven.
vi In addition to his military service a
y his engineering successes, General Dc
N ge remained up to late in life an
tive and influential man. He was elc
. ed to congress the first year after
war, and it was said that a prOmisi
political life was before him, but
A declined denomination, in favor of
railway project. He was later a dC
gate to the Republican national g
A. ventions of 1868 and 1870. In 1898
IN was chairman of. the President $ ycC
n mission to inquire into the managem
le of the war with Spain: He was 70
s. time COmmander-in-chief of the miltj
m order of the Loyal Legion and an oni
Of puperOus patriotic organizations
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