House
Resolution
34
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
34
BY
FORRISTALL
,
HANUSA
,
DEYOE
,
SIECK
,
HANSON
,
STUTSMAN
,
WINCKLER
,
McCONKEY
,
GASKILL
,
KEARNS
,
BEARINGER
,
LENSING
,
HALL
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
STAED
,
HEIN
,
HIGHFILL
,
PAUSTIAN
,
L.
MILLER
,
and
JORGENSEN
A
Resolution
honoring
the
life
of
Major
General
1
Grenville
M.
Dodge
and
commemorating
the
2
sesquicentennial
of
the
conclusion
of
the
American
3
Civil
War.
4
WHEREAS,
the
State
of
Iowa
contributed
more
men
5
per
capita
than
any
other
state
to
the
Union
military
6
forces,
including
Major
General
Grenville
M.
Dodge
who
7
was
sent
to
Washington,
D.C.,
to
secure
arms
for
the
8
Iowa
volunteers;
and
9
WHEREAS,
General
Dodge
served
in
the
Civil
War
with
10
unfailing
leadership
during
a
critical
time
in
our
11
country’s
history;
and
12
WHEREAS,
General
Dodge
devised
an
intelligence
13
gathering
system
for
General
Ulysses
S.
Grant,
14
which
served
as
a
precursor
to
the
modern
Military
15
Intelligence
Corps
of
the
United
States
Army,
and
which
16
ultimately
shortened
the
war
and
saved
many
American
17
lives;
and
18
WHEREAS,
General
Dodge
demonstrated
his
logistical
19
expertise
by
managing
the
construction
and
20
reconstruction
of
railroads,
bridges,
and
telegraph
21
lines
necessary
for
the
Union
war
effort;
and
22
WHEREAS,
General
Dodge,
one
of
Council
Bluffs’
most
23
famous
residents,
met
with
President
Abraham
Lincoln
24
in
Council
Bluffs
to
choose
the
starting
point
of
25
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the
Union
Pacific
Railroad
and
has
been
called
“the
1
greatest
railroad
builder
of
all
time”;
and
2
WHEREAS,
near
the
conclusion
of
the
Civil
War,
as
3
a
symbol
of
national
unity
and
reunification
of
the
4
country,
leaders
encouraged
General
Dodge
to
assume
5
the
duties
of
Chief
Engineer
of
the
Union
Pacific
6
Railroad;
NOW
THEREFORE,
7
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
8
the
House
of
Representatives
commemorates
the
150th
9
anniversary
of
the
end
of
the
hostilities
between
Union
10
and
Confederate
forces
on
April
9,
1865;
and
11
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
House
of
12
Representatives
honors
the
life
of
Major
General
13
Grenville
M.
Dodge,
and
the
lives
and
contributions
14
of
all
Iowans
who
labored
and
fought
to
preserve
15
the
Union,
and
all
those
Iowans
who,
following
such
16
service,
continued
to
serve
the
State
of
Iowa
and
the
17
United
States
of
America.
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