Elijah Mosely Dodson

Maj Elijah Mosely Dodson.

Birth: Feb. 20, 1835, DeKalb County, Georgia.
Death: Apr. 21, 1904, Chattanooga, Hamilton County,

Tennessee. Confederate veteran. Son of Samuel and Rebecca Gardner Dodson. In battles at Snodgrass Hill (Chickamauga) and Missionary Ridge. "Shot through the head just below the brain at Missionary Ridge." Wounded (again) and permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain on July 19, 1864. After the war, he practiced law in Ringgold, Georgia, and served in the Georgia Legislature. Married Frances Garmany in June, 1866. In 1871, moved his law practice to Chattanooga, and was one of the founders of the Central Baptist Church. Helped develop Sherman Heights in East Chattanooga, and Dodson Avenue was named for him.

Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery, hattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY B, 1st CONFEDERATE
REGIMENT INFANTRY,
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
CATOOSA COUNTY, GEORGIA
RINGGOLD VOLS.

Dodson, Elijah M., 2d Lieutenant March 18, 1861. Resigned  Sept. 28, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 6th Regt. Ga. State Troops Oct. 18, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant Nov. 30, 1861; Captain Feb. 7, 1862. Mustered out Apr. 1862. Elected Captain of 2d Co. D, 1st Confederate Regt. Inf. May 1, 1862; Major Sept. 2, 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863.  Wounded and permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 19, 1864. In Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. Aug. 1864-Mch. 1865. Furloughed Apr. 11,1865.