Grenville dodge biography
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The Improbable Life of Grenville Dodge
Major General Grenville Mellen Dodge was born in the Putnamville section of Danvers on April 12, His parents were Sylvanus and Julia Phillips Dodge. While he spent some of his childhood in Danvers and Rowley, he spent his formative years in South Danvers (now Peabody). His father was the Postmaster and owner of a local bookstore.
Dodge began work at age In the summers, he drove a local butchers&#; cart for Messrs. Lambert & Merrill. In the winter, he assisted his father in his bookshop. He also sold fruits and vegetables for the farm of Mrs. Edward Landers, later known as the Rogers Estate. His family lived at 34 Main Street, Main Street and 11 Wallis Street.
Determined to go onto college, he studied in the evenings. He earned enough money to attend Durham Academy in New Hampshire from , and then graduated from Norwich University in Vermont as a Civil Engineer in
From there, Dodge headed west to Illinois, where he gained experience doi
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Grenville M. Dodge
Union Army general during the American Civil War
Grenville Mellen Dodge[2] (April 12, – January 3, ) was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater. He served in several notable assignments, including command of the XVI Corps during the Atlanta Campaign.
He later commanded troops against Native Americans and served as a US Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Historian Stanley P. Hirshon suggested that Dodge, "by virtue of the range of his abilities and activities," could be considered "more important in the national life after the Civil War than his more famous colleagues and friends, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan."[1][2]
Early life and career
[edit]Dodge was born in the Putnamville section of Danvers in Massachus
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Grenville M. Dodge, An Iowa Hero
Grenville Dodge was one Iowan who was well known to most people living in the gods half of the 19th century. He was a war hero, a politician and a railroad builder who led a very exciting life. He was wounded in battle and known bygd presidents.
Grenville Mellon Dodge was born in in Massachusetts. He graduated from a military academy as a civil engineer in Dodge moved west working as a surveyor of railroad routes in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. He got married in and lived in Iowa City before moving further west to Council Bluffs in
A Mover and Shaker
In he organized a militia company called the “Council Bluffs Guards.” In Council Bluffs Dodge was involved with an overland freighting company hauling cargo and supplies to Colorado. He was also a co-founder of the banking firm Baldwin and Dodge. In addition, he worked at surveying a potential route for the Union Pacific Railroad west of Council Bluffs. Dodge’s abilities as an organizer, leader, busin