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Mr. Lincoln’s Military Railroads by Roy Meredith & Arthur Meredith DJ 1979
Mr. Lincolns Military Railroads by Roy Meredith & Arthur Meredith
Copyright 1979 FIRST EDITION
Hard Cover with dust jacket (has some damage)
A Pictorial History of the United States Civil War Railroads 1861 - 1865
Hard cover With Dust Jacket
253 Pages
The Civil War was the first railroad war, and this is the story, in text and pictures, of that war and of the efforts by both sides to destroy the enemy's trains and tracks while protecting its own. To keep military control over these lines, the federal government formed the United States Military Railroads, which gave military priority over all civilian transportation, passenger or freight.
Since the original companies could not keep up with the incredible destruction visited on them, the federal government also formed the Military Railroad Construction Corps, under the direction of an engineering genius, Brigadier General Herman Haupt, whose reconstruction feats of bridge building and train operation under battle conditions brought about the Confederate comment that the Yankees could rebuild the tracks and bridges faster than they could burn them down.
More than two hundred photographs, maps, on-the-spot drawings, and a lively, informative text combine to provide a fascinating insight into the little-known, decisive role the American steam locomotive and the U.S. Military Railroads played in the Civil War.
Contents
Introductionix
1. Prelude to Conflict3
2. Delivering a President16
3. The North's Railroads Meet the Emergency26
4. Raiders East-"Rupture of the Railroad at Cheat River Would Be Worth
to Us an Army."37
5. Balloon Stacks and Bayonets58
USMRR Gallery of Steam Power78
6. The General Hangs Eight Men-and a General Loses a Battle85
7. "Tough Times on the Railroad"108
8. Raiders West-"We Could Have Gone to Vicksburg . . ."131
9. Sherman: "The Quicker You Build the Railroad . . ."151
10. "Like a Fly Crawling over a Corrugated Washboard"173
The Illustrious Americans195
11. Grant Ends the War on the Weldon Railroad204
12. The Long Silent Journey into History221
Appendices235
Maps241
Acknowledgements246
Sources247
Index249
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