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Dodge (THEODORE AYRAULT an American)

THEODORE AYRAULT, an American military officer and writer; born in Pittsfield, Mass., May 28, 1842; received his military education abroad Returning to the United States, he enlisted (1861) in the Union service as a private, attaining the rank of colonel , Dec. 2, 1865. He published; "The Cam- "Bird's-Eye View of the Civil War" (1883); "A Chat in the Saddle" (1885); and a series of studies called "Great Captains," comprising volumes on Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Gustavus Adolphus, etc. He died Oct. 26, 1909.