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Ira Seymour Dodd
1842–1922
A Civil War veteran turned clergyman, he wrote with the immediacy of someone who had lived the history himself. His best-known work blends memory, storytelling, and reflection on the war years.
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The Song of the Rappahannock: Sketches of the Civil War
by Ira Seymour Dodd
About the author
Born in New Jersey in 1842, Ira Seymour Dodd served in the 26th New Jersey Infantry during the American Civil War. That firsthand experience later shaped his writing, especially The Song of the Rappahannock, a book of Civil War sketches published in 1898.
Dodd was also a minister and religious writer. His published works include The Pictorial Life of Christ, and records from libraries and archives show that he contributed writing on both military and devotional subjects.
He died in 1922. Although he is not widely known today, his work remains of interest for readers looking for personal, reflective writing rooted in both wartime experience and a life in the church.