From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005.
DODDS, Ozro John, a Representative from Ohio; born
in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 22, 1840; attended the common
schools, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, for four years;
organized Captain Dodd’s university company and enlisted
on April 18, 1861, as captain of Company B, Twentieth
Ohio Volunteer Regiment; captain of Company F, Eightyfirst
Ohio Volunteer Infantry from September 1, 1861, to
January 1, 1863; became lieutenant colonel of the First Alabama
Union Cavalry October 18, 1863; at the close of the
war was given his degree from Miami University; studied
law at Cincinnati Law School; was admitted to the bar in
1866 and commenced practice in Cincinnati; member of the
State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Aaron F. Perry and
served from October 8, 1872, to March 3, 1873; was not
a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice
of law at Cincinnati; died in Columbus, Ohio, April 18, 1882;
interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit
can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.