Richard Irving Dodge | |
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 Richard Irving Dodge | |
| Born | May 19, 1827 Huntsville, North Carolina, US |
| Died | June 16, 1895 (aged 68) Sacketts Harbor, New York, US |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1848–1891 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 11th U.S. Infantry |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War Indian Wars |
Richard Irving Dodge (May 19, 1827 – June 16, 1895) was a colonel in the United States Army. Dodge was born in North Carolina[1] and died after a long and successful career in the U.S. Army. He began as a cadet in 1844 and retired as a Colonel May 19, 1891.
Dodge was Aide-De-Camp to General William Tecumseh Sherman from 1881 to 1882. In the second publishing of his memoirs General Sherman wrote, "... the vacancy made by Colonel McCook was filled by Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, Twenty-third Infantry then serving at a cantonment on the Upper Canadian—an officer who had performed cheerfully and well a full measure of frontier service, was a capital sportsman, and of a perfect war record. He also remained with me until his promotion as Colonel of the Eleventh Infantry, 26 January 1882."
- ^ Dodge, Richard Irving, Our Red Indians, 1883, p. 29.