page_title: United States Military Railroad
section_title: Atlanta Campaign
hierarchical_section_title: United States Military Railroad / History / Atlanta Campaign
caption_attribution_description: English: Nashville, Tenn. Fortified railroad bridge across Cumberland River Medium: 1 negative (2 plates)&#160;: glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Summary: Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashville, where it was overthrown by Gen. George H. Thomas on December 15-16, in the most complete victory of the war. If the date borne on this photograph is correct, it was taken in the course of the battle. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02092 (digital file from original neg. of left half) LC-DIG-cwpb-02093 (digital file from original neg. of right half) LC-B8171-2642 (b&amp;w film neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-B811- 2642 [P&amp;P] LOT 4177 (corresponding print) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
context_page_description: The U.S. Military Railroad was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress of 31 January 1862 authorized President Abraham Lincoln to seize control of the railroads and telegraph for military use in January 1862. In practice, however, the USMRR restricted its authority to Southern rail lines captured in the course of the war. As a separate organization for rail transportation the USMRR is one of the predecessors of the modern United States Army Transportation Corps.
caption: Nashville, Tenn. Fortified railroad bridge across Cumberland River
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