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in May, was elected Captain, and appointed as such by the State on May 5, and on July 16, 1861, his Company K was mustered into the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry for three years service. The regiment served for almost a year in Northern Virginia without seeing major action. In June 1862, Dawes was
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of the 2nd, 11th and 42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiments and the 55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, many of whom were sheltered in an unfinished railroad cut west of town, and forced the surrender of more than 200 of the Confederate soldiers. He later served that year in the
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for the Wisconsin Civil War Centennial Commission, in 1962. His reputation as an orator and his influential voice for the establishment of diplomatic relations with
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was born at the family home. He would become a well-respected businessman and lawyer, being awarded Chicago's Most Distinguished Citizen Award" in 1934. A third son,
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Magnusen, Steve. "To My Best Girl -Courage, Honor and Love in the Civil War: The Inspiring Life Stories of Rufus Dawes and Mary Gates", Ed.2, GoToPublish, 2020.
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Dawes also served on the Board of Trustees of Marietta College from 1871 until his death, 28 years later. He was also a
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Some of Dawes' letters are available to researchers. From his time in the Civil War, Dawes likely suffered from
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Dawes returned home to Marietta, Ohio and entered the lumber business. In August of that year, his son
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to offer Dawes the position of Minister to Persia in 1897, a post he declined due to failing health.
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Ferris, Mary Walton. "Dawes – Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol. I and II", privately printed 1943.
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University of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library and Archives – Dawes letter collection
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Magnusen, Steve. "To My Best Girl", Indianapolis, IN, Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2018 (
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A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade: Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
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prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Dawes organized a volunteer company from
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Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
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was shot and injured. In March 1863, Dawes received a promotion to the rank of
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Unpublished manuscript, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. p. 4.
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was born, a future vice president of the United States. In July 1867,
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After the war, Dawes became a Companion of the Ohio Commandery of the
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for Ohio's Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Dawes was elected to the
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in 1881 as a representative from the 15th Congressional District. A
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Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers {original publication}
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Unpublished manuscript, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
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Dawes, Col. Rufus R. (1838–1899) | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Dawes was elected to Marietta College's Hall of Honor in 2003.
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Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). "The Iron Brigade of the West".
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This memoir was republished in Madison, Wisconsin by the
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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Rufus C. Dawes
SS Rufus C. Dawes
For the Term of his Natural Life

U.S. House of Representatives
15th
George W. Geddes
Adoniram J. Warner
Malta
Marietta
Republican
Charles Gates Dawes
Rufus Cutler Dawes
Beman Gates Dawes
Henry May Dawes
Ephraim C. Dawes
Alma mater
Marietta College
Union
United States Army
Union Army

Colonel
USV

Brevet
Brig. General
USV
6th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
American Civil War

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