George Allen Dodd – Brigadier General, United States Army

George Allan Dodd of Pennsylvania
Appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1872 (32)
Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 15 June 1876
First Lieutenant, 29 February 1880
Captain, 31 August 1899
Major, 14th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901
Transferred to 13th U. S. Cavalry, 16 March 1902 .

Spanish-American War Report:

Captain George A. Dodd was born in Pennsylvania and appointed from that State to the West Point Academy on July 1, 1872. He was graduated and promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Third Cavalry on June 15, 1876.  He did service at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, and Camp Robinson, Nebraska, until November 1, 1876 when he went on the Powder River Expedition, which kept him until January 1877.  He served at the Cheyenne Depot, Dakota; the Red Cloud Agency, Dakota; Forts Robinson and Sidney, Nebraska, and then went on the Ute Expedition.  From December 4, 1879  to April 27, 1880 he was stationed at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and went thence to Fort Sanders in the same State, after having been appointed First Lieutenant in the Third Cavalry on February 29, 1880.  His time was then taken up with scouting duty and service at a number of forts in the West until 1889 when he was appointed Captain of Troop F in the Third Cavalry.

DODD, GEORGE ALLEN
BRIG GEN USA

• DATE OF DEATH: 06/28/1925
• BURIED AT: SECTION S  SITE 2006
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

DODD, CLARA AGNES STEELE WID OF DODD, GEORGE ALLAN

• DATE OF DEATH: 09/25/1939
• BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH  SITE 2006
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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