The Railroads of the ConfederacyOriginally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Robert Black presents a complex and fascinating tale, with the railroads of the American South playing the part of tragic hero in the Civil War: at first vigorous though immature; then overloaded, driven unmercifully, starved for iron; and eventually worn out--struggling on to inevitable destruction in the wake of Sherman's army, carrying the Confederacy down with them. With maps of all the Confederate railroads and contemporary photographs and facsimiles of such documents as railroad tickets, timetables, and soldiers' passes, the book will captivate railroad enthusiasts as well as readers interested in the Civil War. |
Contents
Of Men and Methods | |
Of Dollars and Cents | |
The Iron Horse Goes Forth to | |
Frederick W Sims | |
Steam Cars to Glory | |
The Iron Horse Stumbles | |
The Treasure Hunt for Iron | |
The Downgrade Steepens | |
The Failure of a Bureaucracy | |
Hard Faith and Soft Iron | |
To Sea and Tennessee | |
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Alabama & Florida American Railroad Journal Annual Report April Army of Tennessee August Bragg carriers cars Central of Georgia Charleston & Savannah Chattanooga Colonel command Confederacy Confederate railroad Confederate States Congress Confederate States Railroad Confederate States Secretaries December early engines February Federal Fredericksburg & Potomac freight Georgia Executive Letters Georgia Railroad Governor Brown ibid iron January Johnston July June Lee’s locomotives Macon & Western Major Manassas March Memphis & Charleston Meriwether miles military Mobile & Ohio Montgomery & West Myers National Archives North Carolina Railroad Northern November October Official Records operations Orange & Alexandria Orleans passenger Piedmont President Quartermaster rail Railroad Bureau Railroad Papers railway Raleigh Richmond & Danville River rolling stock route Savannah Seaboard & Roanoke Secretary of War Seddon September Sherman Southern Railroad Superintendent supplies Texas track trains transportation troops Virginia & Tennessee Virginia Central Railroad Wadley West Point Western & Atlantic Whitfield Wilmington