Hezekiah Bissell

[1] Bissell was also part of the effort to build the Union Pacific railroad to Promontory Point, Utah in 1869.

[3][5] In April 1861, Bissell enlisted in the Union Army [4] as part of the 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment for ninety days.

He re-enlisted in the 25th Connecticut Infantry Regiment in November 1861 as a first lieutenant Company "G" in and saw in Louisiana including the Siege of Port Hudson until it was mustered out of service in 1863.

In 1868 he supervised the construction of the Dale Creek Bridge in southeastern Wyoming, a challenging feat of engineering at that time.

He is interred at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California.

1869 Promontory Utah, Hezekiah Bissell (1835-1928) is at the center, next to Leonard H. Eicholtz (1827-1911)
Russell photograph of the " Engineers of U.P.R.R. at the Laying of Last Rail Promentory "