The Ln Railroad In The Civil War
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Author | : Dan Lee |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786489383 |
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad was completed just as the first salvos of the Civil War erupted. As one of the few railroads linking the North and South, the L&N was valuable to both the Union and the Confederacy. Consequently, its route became a fiercely contested corridor of fire and blood. This history recounts the numerous military events along the L&N in the years 1861 through 1865, and also examines the still-resonant theme of the relationship between a major corporation and the government during a time of national crisis.
Author | : Thomas Weber |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786254395 |
“Time has been very good to Thomas Weber’s Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. First published by Columbia University Press in 1952, it has been out of print since the 1970s, but never out of demand. It has emerged as the premier account of the impact of the railroads on the American Civil War and vice versa. Not only did the railroads materially help the north to victory through movement of troops and materiel, but the war materially changed the way railroads were built, run, financed, and organized in the crucial years following the war.”-Print ed. “...eminently worthy of study by those interested in either railroads or the Civil War.” - Robert Selph Henry, New York Times Book Review “Thomas Weber’s study of northern railroads during the Civil War remains the obvious treatment of an important topic. His analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North’s excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory.”—Gary W. Gallagher “Thomas Weber’s... analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North’s excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory.”—Gary W. Gallagher
Author | : Charles H. Bogart |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2018-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 138772780X |
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) was incorporated in 1850 to build a rail line from Louisville, Kentucky, south to Nashville, Tennessee. The railroad was completed in 1861 just in time for the Civil War. L&N, unlike most southern lines, thanks to providing transportation for the Federal Army during the Civil War, survived the war with money available for expansion. Thus L&N acquired a number of southern railroads that would provide the L&N with track extending south from Louisville to Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; and New Orleans, Louisiana. L&N's Kentucky track was served by fifteen yards: Madisonville, Owensboro (Doyle), Bowling Green, Skilman, Louisville (Strawberry), Latonia, DeCoursey, Paris, Lexington, Winchester (Patio), Corbin, Ravenna, Hazard (Crawford), Loyall, and Harlan. Within the following pages we will journey over the L&N in Kentucky via postcards, but our journey routes will not always follow direct L&N train routing.
Author | : Tamra Orr |
Publisher | : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2012-09-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1612283632 |
The Civil War tore a hole in the country, creating a wound that was almost impossible to heal. At a time when the two sides of the nation were still struggling to accept the war’s casualties, something else came along to unite the county again. It was the Transcontinental Railroad—a line of train tracks stretching from one side of the war–torn country to the next. Read about the battle to find the best route for the rails, and discover how laborers survived drilling through mountain peaks and the onslaught of winter blizzards. Meet the people who persevered to accomplish this railroad, including the determined Mormon workers, the Irish immigrants, and thousands of Chinese workers. Also find out about the scandals and the huge impact of the rails on the lives of countless Native Americans.
Author | : Maury Klein |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780813129150 |
Author | : George B. Abdill |
Publisher | : New York : Bonanza Books |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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True story of railroads and men in the Civil War.
Author | : Marvin Benjamin Butler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Underground Railroad |
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Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Edwin P. Alexander |
Publisher | : Random House Value Publishing |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
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Author | : James C. Burke |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786471549 |
In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence. Under its new corporate name, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company would soon be put to the ultimate test, the Civil War. From mobilization to the last effort to supply Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the company would endure the wearing out of its equipment and rails; the capriciousness and bureaucracy of the Confederate government; sabotage attempts; the gruesome death of its president; a yellow fever epidemic; Union raids on its facilities and bridges; runaway inflation in Confederate economy; the fall of Wilmington; its bisection by advancing Union forces; and, finally, the unnecessary destruction of locomotives, cars, track, and bridges by retreating Confederate troops. The railroad, unlike the Confederacy, survived, and would eventually transform itself a powerful regional economic force, adapting to the challenges of the New South.