Floyd County IN Archives Biographies.....Dodge, Thomas  August 7, 1834 - 
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen   Vol. II
H.H. Hardesty, Publisher
N.Y., Toledo, Chicago
1893

Thomas Dodge, born in Floyd Co., Ind., Aug. 7, 1834, was a son of Joshua and 
Dorcus (Groves) Dodge, the parents both deceased. He was united in wedlock 
March 23, 

1864, in New Albany, to Sylvania Smith who was born in Floyd Co., Ind., Oct. 
28, 1844. His wife’s parents, Peter and Sarah (Akers) Smith are both deceased. 
Of this union 

were born nine children, Peter, Elenora, Jesse, Joshua, John, Robert, Sarah 
A., Mary E., and Clarence deceased. Comrade Dodge was farming and was 25 years 
of age 

when he entered the army, December, 1861, at Jeffersonville, Ind., for three 
years, as a private in 12th Bat. Ind. V. Art., 14th A.C. In 1862 he was 
confined in hospital at 

Nashville one week for hernia; the following year he was again stricken with 
hernia but did not enter hospital. He was taken prisoner at Clinch Mt., in 
1863 but escaped 

shortly afterwards. In the fall of 1862 he was honorably discharged at 
Nashville, on surgeon’s certificate of disability and re-enlisted a year later 
in Co. F, 117th Ind. V.I. In the 

winter of 1863-64 he was detailed to transfer prisoners from Tenn., to Camp 
Chase, O., about three weeks. During his first enlistment he was stationed at 
Ft. Negley most of 

the time; during his second enlistment he fought at Clinch Mt., Chickey River, 
Sulpher Springs and Bull Gap. He was honorably discharged in 1864 at 
expiration of time. His 

grandfather, Geo. Grove’s sympathies being with the strugling colonists, he 
espoused their cause and joined them. Our subject is at present engaged in 
farming and his 

address is Greenville, Ind. 


Additional Comments:
I came across the photocopied pages in a file at the public
library in New Albany. I have never been able to locate an
original copy of the book.



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