Montgomery C. Meigs and the Building of the Nation's Capital

By William C. Dickinson

Book Overview

At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph G. Totten. It was a fateful assignment, both for the nation's capital and for the bright, ambitious, and politically connected West Point graduate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082141397X
• ISBN13: 9780821413975
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"