palmer's men nominated him for the medal of honor which was awarded to him for his actions at redhill thomas alabama. -- redhill, alabama. like many men of his generation following the civil war, palmer turned his eyes west for his future. he had very little money. he did not come from wealth. he had a decent education but more so, he had a fantastic reputation and the connections he made throughout the civil war, he went to work for the kansas and pacific railway. andas secretary treasurer he left the confines of the office, so he took over the surveys and took over the cruise inthe kansas and pacific 1870. he did not have money or fortune, but he had a lot of .onnections, and he used as as everyone was building a railroad east to west, those transcontinental railroads following the civil war expanded out west and palmer had a unique vision. he wanted to build a north and south line leading from denver, coming down the front range of colorado, connecting with the santa fe trade in the footsteps of the santa fe trail and building a railroad all the way down to the heart of mexico. way, his dream was