United States Military Railroads
Author: United States. Military Railroad Department
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Military Railroad Department
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Roy Meredith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1974-01-01
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780486230214
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tells of Mathew B. Brady, a Civil War photographer, with over 300 reproductions of his work.
Author: George B. Abdill
Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →True story of railroads and men in the Civil War.
Author: Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2014-08-15
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1782895698
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes 4 figures, 13 maps and 4 tables. Renowned Military Historian Dr Christopher Gabel investigates the effects of the Railroad on the strategies employed by both the Union and Confederate Generals of the Civil War. According to an old saying, “amateurs study tactics: professionals study logistics.” Any serious student of the military profession will know that logistics constantly shape military affairs and sometimes even dictate strategy and tactics. This excellent monograph by Dr. Christopher Gabel shows that the appearance of the steam-powered railroad had enormous implications for military logistics, and thus for strategy, in the American Civil War. Not surprisingly, the side that proved superior in “railroad generalship,” or the utilization of the railroads for military purposes, was also the side that won the war.
Author: Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2014-08-15
Total Pages: 27
ISBN-13: 1782895701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes 2 charts, 7 maps, 7 figures and 5 Illustrations. Renowned Military Historian Dr Christopher Gabel charts the decline of the Confederate Railways system that was to spell ultimate doom to the outnumbered soldiers of the Southern states. Military professionals need always to recognize the centrality of logistics to military operations. In this booklet, Dr. Christopher R. Gabel provides a companion piece to his “Railroad Generalship” which explores the same issues from the other side of the tracks, so to speak. “Rails to Oblivion” shows that neither brilliant generals nor valiant soldiers can, in the long run, overcome the effects of a neglected and deteriorating logistics system. Moreover, the cumulative effect of mundane factors such as metal fatigue, mechanical friction, and accidents in the civilian workplace can contribute significantly to the outcome of a war. And no matter how good some thing or idea may look on paper, or how we delude ourselves, we and our soldiers must live with, and die in, reality. War is a complex business. This booklet explores some of the facets of war that often escape the notice of military officers, and as COL Jerry Morelock intimated in his foreword to “Railroad Generalship,” these facets decide who wins and who loses.
Author: Don DeNevi
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A story of true heroism. America's 44,000 soldier-railroaders kept vast numbers of troops and essential supplies moving through war-torn Europe.
Author: William Durward Connor
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas Weber
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2015-11-06
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1786254395
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“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: United States. War Department
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: U. S. Military Railroad Department
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780266213413
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from United States Military Railroads: Report of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D. C. McCallum, Director and General Manager, From 1861 to 1866 Previously all passengers and freight had been transferred across the bridge by herse-power. In Alexandria the tracks had been laid through the city to form a junc tion with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.