Table of Contents
Introduction 4
The American railroad system in 1861
Harnessing the Iron Horse for War 7
The Union: the Railways and Telegraph Act
McCallum and Haupt The Confederacy: the Railroad Bureau
state resistance to centralization
Moving the Infantry 12
Johnston at First Manassas
Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley
Bragg at Chattanooga and Chickamauga
McClellan on the Peninsula
Burnside in North Carolina
Rail Batteries 17
Heavy batteries: Lee's "Dry Land Merrimac"
Magruder at Galveston
Finegan in Florida
Light batteries: howitzer cars
ironclads
Wrecking the Railroads 29
Repairing the Railroads 32
Running the Railroads 38
Workforces: the black contribution
water
fuel
wear and tear
the telegraph
fortifications
Trains in Battle 44
Troops versus trains; ambush
deliberate engagement Reconnaissance
balloons
command cars
handcars
Hospital Trains 54
Evacuation
mobile hospitals
Further Reading 62
Index 64