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The Critical Role of Railroads in Influencing Military Strategy in the Civil War
ECW welcomes back guest author Lloyd W. Klein One of the lessons of the Civil War, General William T Sherman wrote in his memoirs, was that the value of railroads became “… fully recognized in war quite as much as, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Harpers Ferry, Lloyd W. Klein, railroads, regional differences, trains
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Railroads: The B&O and the Battle of Monocacy
Eric Wittenberg has written an overview of the B&O here. The following blog post examines the B&O’s role more in depth as it pertains to the events leading up to the Battle of Monocacy. Messages kept coming across the desk … Continue reading