Rescue by rail

Description:

This is the story of the first great Federal troop movement by rail and of the corresponding Confederate transfer of General James Longstreet's troops a few weeks previously. The contrast between the two operations points up the Union advantages in technology, infrastructure, and mobility that would offset the Confederate advantage of interior lines. An important study of a critical movement, the work also benefits from an assembly of anecdotes and comments from the troops involved.

subjects: History,  Old Southwest Civil War, 1861-1865,  Railroads,  Transportation,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Southwest, old, history,  Railroads, united states, history,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, transportation

Places: Old Southwest,  United States

Times: 19th century,  Civil War, 1861-1865