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Grenville Dodge: “Destroyed a million and a half bushels of corn, besides large quantities of oats, rye, and fodder, and five hundred…”

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Destroyed a million and a half bushels of corn, besides large quantities of oats, rye, and fodder, and five hundred thousand pounds of bacon.
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

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Dodge details the extensive destruction of enemy resources during his campaign.

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