In 1861, Colonel Grenville Dodge organized the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and led them off to war. They had few uniforms or weapons and were more of a mob than a military unit, but Dodge shaped them into a fighting force that won honors on the battlefield and gained respect as one of the best regiments in the Union army. Promoted to the rank of major-general, Dodge became one of the youngest divisional, corps and departmental commanders in the Army. A superb field general, he also organized a network of more than 100 spies to gather military intelligence and built railroads to supply the troops in the Western Theater. This book covers Dodge's Civil War career and the history of the 4th Iowa, who fought at Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Atlanta.

Genealogy and life of Major Gen. Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916), son of Sylvanus Dodge and (Judith) Julia Teresa Phillips, who was born in Putnamville/Danvers, Massachusetts, and died in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married Ruth Ann Brown (b. 1833) 1854 in Salem, Massachusetts. An early ancestor, John Dodge (1631-1711) came from England and settled in Massachusetts.

"The Battle of Atlanta" from Grenville Mellen Dodge. Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (1831-1916).

"The Battle of Atlanta" from Grenville Mellen Dodge. Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (1831-1916).

The Battle of Atlanta" from Grenville Mellen Dodge. Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (1831-1916).

"The Battle of Atlanta" from Grenville Mellen Dodge. Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad (1831-1916).

In 1861, Colonel Grenville Dodge organized the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and led them off to war. They had few uniforms or weapons and were more of a mob than a military unit, but Dodge shaped them into a fighting force that won honors on the battlefield and gained respect as one of the best regiments in the Union army. Promoted to the rank of major-general, Dodge became one of the youngest divisional, corps and departmental commanders in the Army. A superb field general, he also organized a network of more than 100 spies to gather military intelligence and built railroads to supply the troops in the Western Theater. This book covers Dodge's Civil War career and the history of the 4th Iowa, who fought at Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Atlanta.