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Victory Rode the Rails The Strategic place of Railroads in the Civil War Turner
Victory Rode the Rails The Strategic place of the Railroads in the Civil War by George Turner.
Copyright 1953, 1992
Soft Cover.
419 pages. Indexed
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
Introduction to the Bison Book Edition1
Preface10
1. The Railroads Draw the Boundaries15
2. Roads North and South29
3. Rolling Stock39
4. The Itching Palm of Simon Cameron45
5. Concentration in Virginia62
6. Railroads in the Western Virginia Campaign73
7. First Bull Run86
8. No Compromise in Missouri96
9. At the End of '61104
10. The Roads in the Tennessee Fighting, Spring '62116
11. Stonewall Jackson Knows How to Use a Railroad128
12. The North Finds an Engineering Genius148
13. The Saga of the "General"166
14. The Railroads and Bragg's Invasion, 1862178
15. Jackson, Haupt and Second Bull Run189
16. The Rails in the Antietam Campaign and After210
17. Forrest Finds Grant's Achilles' Heel224
18. Government Railroad Policy, South and North233
19. The Railroads in the Vicksburg Campaign255
zo. Gettysburg-and Haupt Again264
21. Transportation Feats in the Chattanooga Campaign 282
22. Wounded and Disabled Ride Away297
23. Disaster Overtakes Southern Policy310
24. Supplying Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign319
25. The Roads in Lee's Defense of Richmond337
26. Wheels Stop Turning in Tennessee and Georgia349
27. Railhead at Last365
Notes379
Index407
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"The Yankees Can Build Bridges Quicker Than the
Rebs Can Burn Them Down." Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Yards on Outskirts of Alexandria, Virginia 3o
Wrecked Yard at Manassas Junction 3o
Models of Pennsylvania Railroad Rolling Stock 31
Orange & Alexandria Near Union Mills 96
Repairing the O. & A. Near Catlett's Station 96
Union Cavalry Guarding a Bridge 97
The Famous Potomac Creek Bridge 128
Brigadier General Herman Haupt 129
Brigadier General Daniel C. McCallum 129
Wreckage Left Behind by Pope 192
Construction Corps in Action 193
The Nashville Depot 224
The Famous General 225
Typical Railroad Scene 288
Final Touches on One of General Haupt's Prefabricated Truss Bridges 288
Strawberry Plains Bridge Near Knoxville 289
Pontoon Bridge Being Constructed at Bridgeport, Tennessee 320
Southside Railroad at Appomattox Station 321
A Rapid Repair of the High Bridge at Appomattox 321
MAPS
Railroads of the Civil War Period 12
The Baltimore Bottleneck 49
The Wheeling-Parkersburg Cut-off on the B. & O. 80
PREFACE
There is little evidence that at the outbreak of the Civil War either North or South had given serious consideration to the railroads as a factor in the impending struggle. General interest in rail transportation as a possible element of importance in military affairs first was aroused by its service in army mobilization. However, it was not until the common confidence in quick success had been dispelled that both sides began to realize they were confronted by an entirely new problem in logistics. The recent development of the railroads had changed the entire aspect of the war as originally contemplated.
Soon after the first great battle failed to end the struggle, it began to appear that important railroad junction points were to become major military objectives, and, as time passed, many of the bloodiest battles of the war were fought in defense of them. Now famous campaigns were planned and conducted for the primary purpose of capturing or destroying railroad lines of particular value to the enemy. As each successive year ended, it became increasingly apparent that the side which controlled the railroads held a tremendous advantage, and in the end it was the Confederate loss of two railroads which led to the surrender at Appomattox.
The reader will not find this book an attempt to tell in brief the whole story of the Civil War. Many operations, both military and naval, are not mentioned because they had little or no direct relation to the subject at hand. This is the story of the part played by the railroads in the deadly conflict, the story of their first great military test and how they met it.
It must not be assumed that only those roads named in the text were considered important. All were important, but it is impossible to tell in a single volume what each contributed to the cause it supported. Neither is it possible to recount here all minor military operations in which railroads were involved. If enough of the story is told to bring the reader an appreciation of how vitally the conduct and final outcome of the war was influenced by the railroads, the writer will be content.
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