Bill Text: IA HR34 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring the life of Major General Grenville M. Dodge and commemorating the sesquicentennial of the conclusion of the American Civil War.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-23 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 917. [HR34 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HR34-Introduced.html
House Resolution 34 - Introduced PAG LIN HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. BY FORRISTALL, HANUSA, DEYOE, SIECK, HANSON, STUTSMAN, WINCKLER, McCONKEY, GASKILL, KEARNS, BEARINGER, LENSING, HALL, RUNNING=MARQUARDT, STAED, HEIN, HIGHFILL, PAUSTIAN, L. MILLER, and JORGENSEN 1 1 A Resolution honoring the life of Major General 1 2 Grenville M. Dodge and commemorating the 1 3 sesquicentennial of the conclusion of the American 1 4 Civil War. 1 5 WHEREAS, the State of Iowa contributed more men 1 6 per capita than any other state to the Union military 1 7 forces, including Major General Grenville M. Dodge who 1 8 was sent to Washington, D.C., to secure arms for the 1 9 Iowa volunteers; and 1 10 WHEREAS, General Dodge served in the Civil War with 1 11 unfailing leadership during a critical time in our 1 12 country's history; and 1 13 WHEREAS, General Dodge devised an intelligence 1 14 gathering system for General Ulysses S. Grant, 1 15 which served as a precursor to the modern Military 1 16 Intelligence Corps of the United States Army, and which 1 17 ultimately shortened the war and saved many American 1 18 lives; and 1 19 WHEREAS, General Dodge demonstrated his logistical 1 20 expertise by managing the construction and 1 21 reconstruction of railroads, bridges, and telegraph 1 22 lines necessary for the Union war effort; and 1 23 WHEREAS, General Dodge, one of Council Bluffs' most 1 24 famous residents, met with President Abraham Lincoln 1 25 in Council Bluffs to choose the starting point of 2 1 the Union Pacific Railroad and has been called "the 2 2 greatest railroad builder of all time"; and 2 3 WHEREAS, near the conclusion of the Civil War, as 2 4 a symbol of national unity and reunification of the 2 5 country, leaders encouraged General Dodge to assume 2 6 the duties of Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific 2 7 Railroad; NOW THEREFORE, 2 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 2 9 the House of Representatives commemorates the 150th 2 10 anniversary of the end of the hostilities between Union 2 11 and Confederate forces on April 9, 1865; and 2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of 2 13 Representatives honors the life of Major General 2 14 Grenville M. Dodge, and the lives and contributions 2 15 of all Iowans who labored and fought to preserve 2 16 the Union, and all those Iowans who, following such 2 17 service, continued to serve the State of Iowa and the 2 18 United States of America. LSB 2638YH (7) 86 aw/nh