Background
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault was born on May 28, 1842 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel S. Dodge.
army officer military historian
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault was born on May 28, 1842 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel S. Dodge.
Military education in Berlin. Graduated from the University of London, England., 1861, Bachelor of Laws, Columbian, 1865.
Entered Union Army, 1861, as private. Served in volunteer forces in every regimental rank. Thrice wounded; lost right leg at Gettysburg.
Commissioned in regular army, July 1866. Served in War Department, Chief of Bureau, 1864-1870. On retired list United States of America, since 1870.
Author: History of the Art of War—Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Napoleon (12 vols.), 1890-1907. The Campaign of Chancellorsville, 1881. Bird’seye View of Our Civil War, 1883.
Patroclus and Penelope, 1885. Great Captains, 1889. Riders of Many Lands, 1894.
Home: Paris, France.
Married Jane Marshall Neil, 1865. Married second, Clara Isabel Bowden, 1893.