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George A. Dodd

George A. Dodd
General Dodd 1916.jpg
Born July 26, 1852
Lycomin County, Pennsylvania
Died June 28, 1925
Orlando, Florida
Buried Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1872–1916
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars

Great Sioux War

Geronimo's War

Spanish–American War

Philippine–American War
Border War

Other work Farmer

Great Sioux War

Geronimo's War

Spanish–American War

Philippine–American War
Border War

Brigadier General George Allan Dodd (July 26, 1852 – June 28, 1925) was an officer in the United States Army. He was known for his victory over the Villistas in 1916 at the Battle of Guerrero, Mexico, during the Pancho Villa Expedition.

Dodd was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on July 26, 1852. Dodd's father was killed in the American Civil War in 1865, at the Siege of Petersburg, so he helped raise his younger brothers and sisters with his mother.

In 1872 Dodd passed the entrance exam at West Point and passed so he was accepted into the United States Military Academy and graduated on June 15, 1876. Immediately following this he joined the 3rd Cavalry and was sent to Dakota Territory to fight in the Great Sioux War against various native American tribes of the Northern Plains. During the war Dodd led Sioux scouts and fought in the Battle of Bates Creek, in which the Cheyenne leader Dull Knife was killed. In 1880, he married Clara Agnes Steele. They had nine children: Emily, Catherine, Allen, Charles, George Allen, Mary Ethel, William Alexander, Reginald Alden, and Lida Dorothy. In 1882, in Geronimo's War, Dodd commanded Apache scouts in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. It was at this time that he fought in the Battle of Big Dry Wash on July 17, 1882, the last major battle involving the Apache.


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