Rescue by rail
Subtitle: troop transfer and the Civil War in the West, 1863
By: Roger Pickenpaugh.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Railroads -- Southwest, Old -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, Old -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-235) and index.