David Owen Dodd was an Arkansas youth executed for spying in the American Civil War.
Portrait of Dodd (1912)
Confederate Gen. James Fagan gave Dodd a pass so he could travel to Little Rock.
General Steele set the date for hanging.
The Arkansas State Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the Arkansas General Assembly, and the seat of the Arkansas state government that sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern en
David O. Dodd
…precise locations and strengths of Union troops. David was formally charged as a spy and taken to the military prison (on the site of the present Arkansas State Capitol building). Dodd was interrogated for two days by Union officers who tried to discover the source of the information. On the third day, under personal…
Main façade of the Arkansas State Capitol
Arkansas State Capitol, 1941
The winning competition design was from 1896 for the planned Montana State Capitol in Helena by George R. Mann, became the model for the Arkansas State Capitol.