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Grenville Mellen Dodge (April 12, 1831 – January 3, 1916) was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Theater.
Mac Arnold performs with his band, Plate Full O' Blues, at the 'Fall for Greenville' arts festival, October 2013. On September 23, 2017, Mac Arnold was inducted into the Alabama Blues Hall of Fame at the historic Dr. John R. Drish House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [27] [28]
W maju 1866 roku Dodge zrezygnował ze służby w armii i został głównym inżynierem Union Pacific Railroad oraz jedną z głównych postaci budowy Pierwszej Kolei Transkontynentalnej. Jego zadaniem było zaprojektowanie przebiegu trasy.
During his recovery, Dodge was assigned to Columbus, Kentucky to rebuild the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, which had been destroyed. His skill and leadership came to the attention of General Grant, who appointed now Brigadier General Dodge to the position of General Engineer.
Grenville Mellen Dodge (born April 12, 1831, Danvers, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 3, 1916, Council Bluffs, Iowa) was an American civil engineer who was responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern United States during the 19th century.
Grenville Dodge was one Iowan who was well known to most people living in the last half of the 19th century. He was a war hero, a politician and a railroad builder who led a very exciting life. He was wounded in battle and known by presidents...
17 maj 2016 · A powerful form of secular African American musical and cultural expression, blues developed in the South around the turn of the twentieth century, a product of the large plantations and rail-road, mining, and logging camps where black workers congregated.
