Harrison Horton Dodd (February 29, 1824 – June 2, 1906) was a founder of the 1860s-era OSL (Order of Sons of Liberty),[1] a paramilitary oath bound secret society which was a radicalized dissident splinter group of the KGC (Knights of the Golden Circle).
In his early adult life he moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he unsuccessfully ran for mayor under the Know-Nothing Party banner in 1855.
Genealogy of the Daniel Dod family page 89 During the first year of the war, when Democrats were sometimes forced to take oaths of allegiance, Dodd advertised to start "Marion Dragoons," a company of soldiers to fight for the Union army.
[6] On August 20, 1864 Dodd's offices were raided by the Union military, recovering thousands of rounds of ammunition and 400 revolvers, labelled "Sunday school books".
[8] Returning from Canada after the trials, Dodd served several terms as mayor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin as a Republican,[1] joining the party of his wartime enemies Morton and Lincoln.