How We Built the Union Pacific Railroad

by Grenville Mellen Dodge

Publisher: Council Bluffs, Ia. Monarch Printing Co. Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroads -- United States History West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

166 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Grenville Mellen Dodge (April 12, 1831 – January 3, 1916) was a Union army officer on the frontier and pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence Chief in the Western Theater. He served in several notable assignments, including command of the XVI Corps during the Atlanta Campaign.

He later served as a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped direct the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Historian Stanley P. Hirshon suggested that Dodge, "by virtue of the range of his abilities and activities," could be considered "more important in the national life after the Civil War than his more famous colleagues and friends, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan."

Reviews

[Hikmet]

Excellent, first hand description of the Union Pacific's development, by chief engineer Grenville Dodge. Very personable.