Richard Irving Dodge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard Irving Dodge
United States Army officer and author
Date of Birth: 19-May-1827
Place of Birth: Huntsville, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jun-1895
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Richard Irving Dodge
- Richard Irving Dodge (1827 – June 16, 1895) was a colonel in the United States Army. Dodge was born in North Carolina 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 1881–1882.
- 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."
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