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DODGE, THEODORE AYRAULT (1842–1909)

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DODGE, See also:THEODORE AYRAULT (1842–1909) , See also:American soldier and military writer, was See also:born at See also:Pittsfield, See also:Massachusetts, on the 28th of May 1842. He received a military See also:education in See also:Germany and subsequently studied at See also:Heidelberg and See also:London University, returning to the See also:United States in 1861. At the out-break of the See also:Civil See also:War he at once enlisted in the federal See also:army, and he soon See also:rose to commissioned See also:rank. He served in the Army of the See also:Potomac until See also:Gettysburg, where he lost a See also:leg. Incapacitated for further active service, he continued to be employed in administrative posts to the end of the war, and for several years there-after he served at army headquarters, becoming See also:captain in 1866 and See also:brevet See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in 1867. He retired in 1870. His See also:works include The See also:Campaign of See also:Chancellorsville (1881), A See also:Bird's See also:Eye View of our Civil War (1882, later edition 1897), a See also:complete, accurate and remarkably concise See also:account of the whole war, Patroclus and See also:Penelope, a Chat in the See also:Saddle (1883), See also:Great Captains (1886), a See also:series of lectures, Riders of Many Lands (1893), and a series of large illustrated volumes entitled A See also:History of the See also:Art of War, being lives of " Great Captains," including See also:Alexander (2 vols., 1888), See also:Hannibal (2 vols., 1889), See also:Caesar (2 vols., 1892), Gustavus See also:Adolphus (2 vols., 1896) and See also:Napoleon (4vols., 1904-1907). He died in See also:France, at See also:Versailles, on the 26th of See also:October 1909.

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