The sun., 1916-01-09
I LAST INTERVIEW WITH
LAST GREAT CIVIL
WAR GENERAL

million dollars worth of supp,i..
eagerly awaited by Braggs force.
Before this iTs had comma nded an
the right at the battle of Pea Ridge
having three horses killed and ,
fourth wounded under him. tein,
severely wounded himself, and un.
questionably saving Curtis's army
from disaster. The nature Of tho
fighting may be shown by the fact
that every field officer In his brgad.
was badly wounded. It was after NJ,
recovery that he performed the famou,
task of rebuilding the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad through a long stretch
Of the enemy's country, where every
mile Of construction had 10 be fourh,
for. But that line Of road was abso.
lutely vital to Grant az hts way back
to his provisions, and Dodge was IN.
man for the Job. Before his associate,
in high place thought It possible,
Dodge had trains running from
Columbus to Corinth.
Gen. Grant himself, in his Mem.
oirs." has told Of how Dodge in forty
days built railroad 102 miles long,
with bridges and trestles. over deem
chasms and swift rivers. Grant had 10
have the road. running from Decatur
to Nashville. lest his troops should
starve. Never before had the world
witnessed such rapid work in railroad
building under such circumstances.
Gen. Dodge throughout his incessan,
fighting touched every high point Of
successful warfare. There is no space
here to tell OF how he defeated Gen,
Van Dorm at Tuscumbia. Of how no
whipped Forrest and Roddy at Town
Creek, Of how he led the advance at
Springfield and heat Gates's command
at Blackburn's Mills. nor Of tho cel..
brated raid up the Valley OF the Ten.
nessee toward Decatur in the rear o,
Brags's army, destroying the whole
army. tho railroads and immense
stores Of supplies and returning 10
Corinth with 5000 negro and white
refugees in the wake Of his column.
II was lucky thing for the Army
OF the Tennessee on that July morning
when large portion Of tho Confeder-
ate army of Atlanta struck the rear
of the Union lines that Dodge, with a
part of his famous Sixteenth Army
Corps. was on hand to stem the tide
Dodge held the key to the position.
bore the brunt Of the onset. and was
desperately engaged throughout the e..
tire conflict. hut a few days before ,ha,
he had repulsed and pushed back
Hoods entire army with his corps and
taken possession OF the north bank o,
the Chattahoochie River at Roswe,
Ga. Here. in two days. under broll.
ing sun. with only the ruins of cotton
factories for material, he built a sui
stantial double track railroad hrdso
l,4OO feet long, over which safc,y
crossed the Army of the Tennessee,
with It's artillery and vast supplies
with Atlanta the goal
There is the very brief outline ~
one of the most picturesque careers
in American history. II is not sui
prising that Lincoln once said: Gen
Dodge has been more strongly recon.
mended and his promotion more pcf-
sistently urged 10y his superior o''
GERS than any other man have made
a Maiur-Gencral."
So passes the last of the Titans ~
that elder day. Grenville NJ. Dods,
was the American Of yesterday-fillns
to the fun the American ideal of cow.
age. vision. action and Candor-and
should have constant study from ,',
American of to-day.