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Grenville Mellen Dodge [2] (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.
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.
Major General Grenville Mellen Dodge—it is a name that is indelibly linked to the opening of the West as a result of Dodge's work on the Union Pacific creating the continent’s first transcontinental railroad. Grenville M. Dodge was born on April 12, 1831, in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Grenville M. Dodge was born in Danvers, MA in 1831, and graduated from Norwich University in 1850 as a civil engineer. He began surveying in Illinois and in 1851 was hired by the Illinois Central Railroad, and then the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad from Davenport to Council Bluffs, IA.
21 maj 2018 · Civil engineer Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831-1916) distinguished himself as a Civil War general and railroad builder. He served as the chief engineer of the Union Pacific leg of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. An opportunist as well, Dodge amassed a fortune through land speculation and other ventures.
' The Transcontinental Railroad | Article. Grenville Dodge. Courtesy: Historic General Dodge House. In 1859 young engineer Grenville Dodge met Abraham Lincoln by chance in Council Bluffs,...
His lifelong passion was the great iron road — building a rail system across the western half of the United States. It was this “small, very ordinary man” who was the driving force behind the transatlantic railroad.
