Robert Dodd
Regiment Name (Wormer's) Stanton Guards, Michigan Inf.
Side Union
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Pvt.
Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Film Number M545 roll 11
Wormer's Company, Stanton Guards, Michigan Infantry
Organized at Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1862. Duty at Mackinac Island, Mich., till September. Mustered out September 25, 1862.
Robert F. Dodd
Regiment Name 27th Michigan Infantry
Side Union
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In 7 Cpl.
Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Film Number M545 roll 11
27th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Organized at Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Mich., and mustered in April 10, 1863. (Co. "I" December 13, 1863; Co. "K" January 4, 1864.) Left State for Kentucky April 12, 1863. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at various points in Kentucky April to June, 1863. Action at Jamestown, Ky., June 2. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-12. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-22. At Milldale till August 4. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-30. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Lenoir till November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Loudon Station November 14. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Pursuit of Longstreet December 6-18. Operations in East Tennessee till March, 1864. Armstrong's Ferry January 22. Advance to Morristown January 24-March 2. (Cos. "I" and "K" join Regiment at Mossy Creek, Tenn., March, 1864.) Moved from Knoxville, Tenn., to Nicholasville, Ky.; thence to Annapolis, Md., March 17-April 5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Ny River May 10. Spottsylvania May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on Fort Mahone and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 20-24. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 215 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 432.
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Robert Dodd
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Age in 1870: 42
Birthplace: England
Home in 1870: Tompkins, Jackson, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Tompkins
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Dodd 42 Laborer b. England
Jane Dodd 39 keeping house b. England
John Dodd 14 Laborer b. Canada
Elizabeth Dodd 12 at school b. Mich
Robert Dodd 9 b. Canada
Henry I Dodd 4 b. NY
Unverified on-line genealogy indicates Robert Dodd born Brampton, Cumbria, England abt 1827, son of William Dodd, 1786. Wife Jane b. abt 1825; son William Dodd b. abt 1853.
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