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Tag Archives: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
April 2022 Maine at War posts
In April 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a suspected murder to Baltimore Unionists who befriended a Maine regiment passing through while en route to the war. April 6, 2022: Augusta CSI pursues a soldier’s killer … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, 25th Maine Infantry Regiment, 29th Maine Infantry Regiment, 2nd Maine Cavalry Regiment, 30th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Auburn, Augusta, baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Boston, Brian Swartz, Camp Washburn, Catharine Abbott, Charles Griffin, Charles S. Emerson, Clarissa Griffin, D.C., Edwin A. Abbott, Elijah M. Shaw, Fall River, Frank L. Jones, George H. Nye, George Knox, George L. Beal, Howard S. Griffin, Israel Washburn Jr., James S. Fillebrown, John Bowles, John Griffin, John Mead Gould. Kennebec Journal, Long Island Sound, Maine at War, Maine Farmer, Mary Griffin, New Gloucester, New York City, North Station, Patterson Park, Phil Sheridan, Pleasant Hill, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Potomac River, Province of Quebec, Reuben Viele, Shenandoah Valley, Soldiers’ Rest, St. Francis, Stafford County, Washington, Washington Monument, William Bowles, William N. Means
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A Most Terrible Scene: A Collision on the B&O and One Regiment’s Deadliest Day
We don’t often hear about railroad accidents today. That’s not for a lack of reporting, but that railroad travel is exponentially safer now than it was 160 years ago. Traveling by railroad during the Civil War involved risking life and … Continue reading
Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part II)
See Part I here… On the night of April 27, 1863, Hannah Church spied five men building a fire under the two spans of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crossing of a fork of Fish Creek bearing her family’s name. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged 19th Virginia Cavalry, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Benjamin Stone Roberts, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, Francis H. Pierpont, John D. Imboden, John W. Garrett, Jones-Imboden Raid, Joseph A.J. Lightburn, Mannington, Raids, Robert Schenck, West Virginia, Wetzel County, William E. Jones
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Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part I)
Civil War cavalry raids often rank among the most romantic of Civil War tales. This often has to do with the characters most often associated, with names like Stuart, Morgan, Mosby, Rosser, Gilmor and others. These raids would be recalled … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, John D. Imboden, Jones-Imboden Raid, Mannington, Raids, West Virginia, William E. Jones
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Lew Wallace Secures the B&O– For the First Time (Pt. 1)
Lew Wallace, the Hoosier lawyer-turned soldier, readied his command for its move. His objective was a vital connection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad whose trains were badly needed to transport material and manpower. Wallace wrote later, “The need of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Artillery, Battles, Campaigns
Tagged 11th Indiana Zouaves, 33rd Virginia Infantry, A.P. Hill, Andrew Curtin, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Cumberland, Harpers Ferry, Joseph Johnston, Lew Wallace, Maryland, Moses Grooms, New Creek, Pennsylvania Bucktails, pennsylvania reserves, Robert Patterson, Robert S. Foster, Romney, Winchester, Winfield Scott
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Railroads – “The Seventh Have Come!”: The 7th New York, 8th Massachusetts, and the Rescue of Washington
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Nathan Marzoli Washington was in trouble in the spring of 1861. Secessionist fever had broken into conflict with the attack on Fort Sumter, prompting President Lincoln to issue a call three days later for 75,000 … Continue reading
Railroads – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: Confederate Target, Crucial Union Lifeline
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (“B&O”) was chartered in 1828 as one of the first commercial railroads in the world. Construction began that year, connecting Annapolis, Maryland to Wheeling in the far northwestern corner of antebellum Virginia. The B&O eventually … Continue reading
“The Dreadful Responsibility”: Why George B. McClellan Was the Go-To Guy (part one)
ECW welcomes back Jon-Erik Gilot (part one of two) I’ve long been fascinated with the early days, weeks, and months of the Civil War. The optimism and unbounded confidence displayed on both sides of the conflict during the spring and … Continue reading
A General Redeemed: Lew Wallace and the Battle of Monocacy
A guest post by Ryan Quint, part two of a series. Saturday, July 9th, 1864, came following a night of thunderous rain and lightning showers. The first rays of sunlight poked over the nearby mountains and revealed two armies poised … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Army of the Valley, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Pike, Battle of Monocacy, Defense of Washington DC, Frederick Alexander's Baltimore Battery, James Ricketts, John B. Gordon, Jubal Early, Lew Wallace, Lew Wallace Series, Monocacy, Monocacy Bridges, Monocacy Junction, Monocacy National Battlefield, Monocacy River, Thomas House, VIII Corps, Worthington House
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