Grenville Mellen Dodge in the Civil War : union spymaster, railroad builder and organizer of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry / James Patrick Morgans.

"A superb field general, he also organized a network of more than 100 spies to gather military intelligence and built railroads to supply the troops in the Western Theater. This book covers Dodge's Civil War career and the history of the Fourth Iowa, who fought at Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Chattanooga a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morgans, James Patrick (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Subjects:
Dodge, Grenville M., > 1831-1916.
United States. > Army. > Iowa Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service.
Generals.
Secret service.
United States.
1861 - 1865
History.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Physical Description:vii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • War comes to the prairies
  • "Who were those black-coated devils?"
  • Battle tested
  • "The last full measure"
  • Postbellum.